SCHEDULE 1AMENDMENTS COMING INTO FORCE ON 6TH APRIL 2008

PART 1AMENDMENTS ABOUT ELIGIBILITY FOR APPOINTMENT AS AUDITOR AND RELATED MATTERS

Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 (c.28)18

1

Schedule 18 to the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 (finances of Urban Regeneration Agency) is amended as follows.

2

In paragraph 10(2) (qualification for appointment of auditor)—

a

in paragraph (a), for “company auditor under Part II of the Companies Act 1989” substitute “ statutory auditor under Part 42 of the Companies Act 2006 ”;

b

for paragraph (b) M1, substitute—

b

if the appointment were an appointment as a statutory auditor, he would not be prohibited from acting by section 1214 of that Act (independence requirement).