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4.—(1) Every company shall appoint an auditor or auditors in accordance with this paragraph.
(2) A company shall, at each general meeting at which the company’s annual report is laid, appoint an auditor or auditors to hold office from the conclusion of that meeting until the conclusion of the next general meeting at which an annual report is laid.
(3) The first auditors of a company may be appointed by the directors of the company at any time before the first general meeting of the company at which an annual report is laid; and auditors so appointed shall hold office until the conclusion of that meeting.
(4) Where no appointment is made under sub-paragraph (3) above, the first auditors of any company may be appointed by the company in general meeting.
(5) No rules made under section 107 of the 1986 Act (appointment etc of auditors) shall apply in relation to investment companies with variable capital.
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