67Court power of disqualification

#### 67 Court power of disqualification (1) On application by APRA, the Federal Court of Australia may, by order, disqualify a person from holding any appointment as a person referred to in subsection (2), for a period that the Court considers appropriate, if the Court is satisfied: (a) as mentioned in subsection (3); and (b) that the disqualification is justified. > Note: For offences relating to persons disqualified under this section, see section 67B. (2) For the purposes of subsection (1), the Court may disqualify a person from being or acting as an auditor of: (a) a particular RSA provider; or (b) a class of RSA providers; or (c) any RSA provider. (3) The Court may disqualify a person, in accordance with subsection (1), if the Court is satisfied that: (a) the person has failed, whether within or outside Australia, to carry out or perform adequately and properly: (i) the duties of an auditor under this Act or the regulations; or (ii) any duties required by a law of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory to be carried out or performed by an auditor; or (iii) any functions that an auditor is entitled to perform in relation to this Act or the regulations or the Financial Sector (Collection of Data) Act 2001; or (b) the person is otherwise not a fit and proper person to be an approved auditor for the purposes of this Act. (4) In deciding whether it is satisfied as mentioned in subsection (3), the Court may take into account: (a) any matters specified in the regulations for the purposes of this paragraph; and (b) any other matters the Court considers relevant. (5) In deciding whether the disqualification is justified as mentioned in paragraph (1)(b), the Court may have regard to: (a) the person’s conduct in relation to the functions or duties that the person is required to perform under this Act or the regulations; and (b) any other matters the Court considers relevant. (6) As soon as practicable after the Court disqualifies a person under this section, APRA must cause particulars of the disqualification: (a) if the person is, or is acting as, an auditor of an RSA provider—to be given to the RSA provider concerned; and (b) to be published in the Gazette.