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ASA 101 - Preamble to Australian Auditing Standards - October 2009
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- This Auditing Standard applies to:
- an audit of a financial report for a financial year, or an audit or a review of a financial report for a half-year, in accordance with the Corporations Act 2001;
- an audit of a financial report, or a complete set of financial statements, for any other purpose;
- a review, by the independent auditor of the entity, of a financial report, or a complete set of financial statements, comprising historical financial information, for any other purpose; and
- a firm[1] required to comply with ASQC 1 Quality Control for Firms that Perform Audits and Reviews of Financial Reports and Other Financial Information, and Other Assurance Engagements.
- This Auditing Standard also applies, as appropriate, to an audit of other historical financial information.