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Environmental Protection Act 1994
sec.574DGrounds for amendment, suspension or cancellation
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### sec.574D Grounds for amendment, suspension or cancellation
Each of the following is a ground for amending, suspending or cancelling an auditor’s approval—
the auditor has contravened a condition of the approval;
the auditor has not complied with a code of conduct for auditors made by the chief executive and prescribed under a regulation;
the auditor has been convicted of an offence under this Act;
the auditor has been convicted of an offence under another Act involving misleading or fraudulent conduct;
the auditor does not have the necessary expertise or experience to perform the auditor’s functions;
the audits conducted by the auditor have not been conducted honestly, fairly or diligently.
s 574D ins 2012 No. 16 s 58
amd 2023 No. 6 s 116
- (a) the auditor has contravened a condition of the approval;
- (b) the auditor has not complied with a code of conduct for auditors made by the chief executive and prescribed under a regulation;
- (c) the auditor has been convicted of an offence under this Act;
- (d) the auditor has been convicted of an offence under another Act involving misleading or fraudulent conduct;
- (e) the auditor does not have the necessary expertise or experience to perform the auditor’s functions;
- (f) the audits conducted by the auditor have not been conducted honestly, fairly or diligently.