On 19/06/2013,
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incorporating all amendments published on or before 19/06/2013.
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20. Section 31 of the Accountants Act is amended —
(a)
by inserting, immediately after subsection (2), the following subsection:
“(2A) The Registrar shall remove from the Register of Public Accounting Limited Liability Partnerships the name and relevant particulars of any accounting LLP if —
(a)
the accounting LLP has been dissolved;
(b)
the approval of the accounting LLP under this Part has been revoked under Part VI; or
(c)
the accounting LLP has applied for its approval under this Part to be revoked.”;
(b)
by deleting subsection (3) and substituting the following subsection:
“(3) The Oversight Committee shall not grant an application by an accounting corporation, an accounting firm or an accounting LLP for the revocation of its approval under subsection (1)(c), (2)(c) or (2A)(c), as the case may be, if —
(a)
it has received any complaint or information under Part VI against the accounting corporation, accounting firm or accounting LLP or any public accountant practising therein;
(b)
disciplinary proceedings under Part VI are pending against the accounting corporation, accounting firm or accounting LLP or any public accountant practising therein; or
(c)
the conduct of business of the accounting corporation, accounting firm or accounting LLP is the subject of an inquiry or investigation by a Complaints Committee or a Disciplinary Committee under Part VI.”;
(c)
by deleting the words “or accounting firm” wherever they appear in subsections (4)(a), (c) and (d) and (5) and substituting in each case the words “, accounting firm or accounting LLP”;
(d)
by deleting the words “or the sole proprietor or any partner of the accounting firm” in subsection (4)(b) and substituting the words “the sole proprietor or any partner of the accounting firm, or any partner of the accounting LLP”; and
(e)
by deleting the section heading and substituting the following section heading:
“Removal from Register of Public Accounting Corporations, Register of Public Accounting Firms or Register of Public Accounting Limited Liability Partnerships”.