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Reprint as at 17 December 2015 Auditor Regulations 2012 (SR 2012/75) Jerry Mateparae, Governor-General Order in Council At Wellington this 23rd day of April 2012 Present: His Excellency the Governor-General in Council Pursuant to section 84 of the Auditor Regulation Act 2011, His Excellency the Gov- ernor-General, acting on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council, makes the following regulations.
Contents Title Commencement Interpretation Overseas auditors Relevant changes that overseas auditors must notify to FMA Prescribed requirements for authorisation of registration of corporate audit firms Reasons for refusing access to, or suspending operation of, register Contents of register Page 2 2 2 2 3 3 4 4 5A 6 7 Note Changes authorised by subpart 2 of Part 2 of the Legislation Act 2012 have been made in this official reprint.
Note 4 at the end of this reprint provides a list of the amendments incorporated.

These regulations are administered by the Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment.
1 r 1 (1) Auditor Regulations 2012 Reprinted as at 17 December 2015 Prescribed changes that accredited bodies and FMA must notify to Registrar Prescribed requirements for documents received by Registrar Conditions of accreditation Contents of annual report of accredited bodies Fees Payment of fees Fees inclusive of GST FMA may recover costs incurred Transitional provisions [Revoked] Certain auditors treated as holding licence [Revoked] Certain overseas auditors treated as holding licence [Revoked] Certain audit firms treated as registered [Revoked] Revocation of transitional provisions [Revoked] Schedule Fees Regulations 4 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 8 Title These regulations are the Auditor Regulations 2012.
Commencement These regulations come into force on 1 May 2012.

Interpretation In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires, Act means the Auditor Regulation Act 2011.

(2) Any term that is defined in the Act and used, but not defined, in these regula- tions has the same meaning as in the Act.

(3) For the purposes of regulation 12 and the Schedule, individuals working for the FMA as contractors or secondees must be treated as if they are employees of the FMA.
Regulation 3(3): inserted, on 17 December 2015, by regulation 4 of the Auditor Amendment Regula- tions (No 2) 2015 (LI 2015/281).
4 Overseas auditors The following countries, states, and territories are prescribed for the purposes of the definition of overseas auditor in section 6(1) of the Act: (a) Australia: 2 Reprinted as at 17 December 2015 Auditor Regulations 2012 r 5A (b) (c) (d) (e) any country, state, or territory in the European Union: Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China: Singapore: the United States of America.
5 Relevant changes that overseas auditors must notify to FMA In addition to the relevant changes specified in section 13(2)(a) of the Act, every person who holds a licence under section 12 of the Act must give written notice to the FMA under section 13(1) of the Act of a change in any of the fol- lowing: (a) the full name or business address of the overseas auditor (including email address and Internet site address, if any): (b) whether the overseas auditor is a partner or employee of an audit firm: (c) (d) if the overseas auditor is a partner or employee of an audit firm, the name of the firm: any limitations on the overseas auditor’s ability to act in respect of an audit that are imposed by or in relation to any certificate, registration, licence, or other authorisation that entitles the overseas auditor to act as an auditor in the person’s home jurisdiction (as defined in section 12(2) of the Act).
5A Prescribed requirements for authorisation of registration of corporate audit firms (1) The requirements set out in subclauses (2) to (4) are prescribed for the purpo- ses of sections 25(1)(b)(iii) and 26(1)(ab)(iv) of the Act.

(2) Qualified persons must control all, or the majority of, the voting rights in the company or overseas company.

(3) All, or the majority of, the directors of the company or overseas company must be qualified persons.
(4) The company or overseas company must hold professional indemnity insur- ance that can reasonably be regarded as adequate and appropriate for the scale and nature of the business of the company or overseas company.
(5) In this regulation,— approved association means an association of accountants that is approved for the time being by the Registrar under section 36(1)(c) of the Financial Report- ing Act 2013 control, in relation to a voting right, means having, directly or indirectly, ef- fective control of the voting right qualified person means a natural person who— 3 r 6 Auditor Regulations 2012 Reprinted as at 17 December 2015 (a) (b) is a member of a relevant body; and holds a practising certificate issued by that relevant body relevant body means the Institute, another accredited body, or an approved as- sociation voting right means a currently exercisable right to cast a vote at meetings of members or shareholders of a company or overseas company.
Regulation 5A: inserted, on 1 July 2015, by regulation 4 of the Auditor Amendment Regulations 2015 (LI 2015/113).
6 Reasons for refusing access to, or suspending operation of, register In addition to the reason given in section 39(3)(a) of the Act, the Registrar may refuse access to the register or otherwise suspend the operation of the register, in whole or in part,— (a) (b) to enable the maintenance of the register; or in response to technical difficulties in the maintenance or operation of the register; or (c) to ensure the security or integrity of the register.
7 (1) Contents of register In addition to the information specified in section 41(1)(a) to (h) of the Act, the register must contain the following information about each licensed auditor: (a) (b) (c) the licensed auditor’s business email address and Internet site address, if any: the country, state, or territory in which the licensed auditor is ordinarily resident and entitled to act as an auditor: whether the licensed auditor is a partner or employee of an audit firm and, if so, the name of that audit firm.
(2) In addition to the information specified in section 41(2)(a) to (e) of the Act, the register must contain the following information about each registered audit firm: (a) (b) the firm’s business email address and Internet site address: the country, state, or territory in which the firm has its head office or principal place of business.
Prescribed changes that accredited bodies and FMA must notify to Registrar Every accredited body and the FMA must notify the Registrar, in accordance with section 42 of the Act, of a change in any of the following: (a) in respect of a licensed auditor whose licence was issued by the accredit- ed body or the FMA (as the case may be),— 8 4 Reprinted as at 17 December 2015 Auditor Regulations 2012 r 10 (i) the full name or business address of the licensed auditor (includ- ing email address and Internet site address, if any): (ii) whether the licensed auditor is a partner or employee of an audit firm: (iii) (iv) (v) (vi) if the licensed auditor is a partner or employee of an audit firm, the name of the firm: the kinds of issuer audits in respect of which the licensed auditor is authorised to act under each licence: the conditions placed on each licence that is currently in force: any suspension or cancellation of a licence that has been issued to the licensed auditor or any other action that has been taken on a disciplinary matter against the licensed auditor under the Act by an accredited body, a disciplinary body, or the FMA; and (b) in respect of a registered audit firm whose registration was authorised by the accredited body or the FMA (as the case may be),— (i) (ii) the full name or business address of the firm (including email ad- dress and Internet site address): the conditions placed on the registration that are currently in force.
9 (1) (2) Prescribed requirements for documents received by Registrar This regulation applies if the register is kept as an electronic register on an Internet site maintained by or on behalf of the Registrar.

In addition to the basis for refusal that is specified in section 45(a) of the Act, the Registrar may refuse to accept a document received by the Registrar under the Act if the document is not submitted electronically via the Internet site on which the register is kept.
10 Conditions of accreditation In addition to the conditions specified in section 49(2)(a) and (b) of the Act, a person may be accredited as an accredited body subject to— (a) (b) (c) conditions relating to the accredited body’s ongoing compliance with any minimum standards for accreditation prescribed by the FMA under section 32(1)(e) of the Act: conditions relating to the resources, financial position, and financial sta- bility of the accredited body: conditions to ensure that the accredited body’s governance and organisa- tional structure is adequate and effective.
5 r 11 Auditor Regulations 2012 Reprinted as at 17 December 2015 11 Contents of annual report of accredited bodies In addition to the information specified in section 51(2)(b)(i) and (ii) of the Act, the annual report of an accredited body must contain— (a) (b) the most recent audited financial statements of the accredited body; and an assessment by the accredited body of— (i) the extent to which its audit regulatory systems are adequate and effective; and (ii) whether it has allocated sufficient resources to ensure that its audit regulatory systems are, and will continue to be, adequate and ef- fective; and (c) information relating to any material changes to the accredited body’s governance and organisational structure.
12 Fees The fees set out in the table in Part 1 of the Schedule are payable for the mat- ters to which they relate.

13 Payment of fees (1) A fee identified as an assessment fee in column 2 of a row of the table in Part 1 of the Schedule— (a) (b) (c) is payable by the person specified in column 3 of that row; and is payable to the person specified in column 4 of that row; and is payable on an invoice issued by or on behalf of the FMA and within the time frame specified in that invoice.
(2) Any other fee identified in column 2 of a row of the table in Part 1 of the Schedule— (a) (b) is payable by the person specified in column 3 of that row; and is payable to the person specified in column 4 of that row; and (c) must accompany the application or annual confirmation (as the case may be) specified in column 1 of that row.

14 Fees inclusive of GST The fees prescribed by these regulations are inclusive of goods and services tax.
FMA may recover costs incurred This regulation applies to a person identified in column 3 of the table in Part 1 of the Schedule as liable to pay an assessment fee in respect of any of the fol- lowing matters: (a) an application for a licence under section 12 of the Act: 15 (1) 6 Reprinted as at 17 December 2015 Auditor Regulations 2012 r 19 (b) (c) (d) (e) an application for the FMA to authorise the Registrar to register an over- seas audit firm under section 26 of the Act: an annual confirmation by the FMA to the Registrar under section 43 of the Act: an application for accreditation under section 48 of the Act: a quality review under section 65 of the Act.
(2) (3) (4) The FMA may recover from the person the costs incurred by the FMA in ob- taining external advice or assistance in assessing the matter.

Costs recovered under subclause (2) are in addition to the assessment fee for the matter.

In this regulation, assessment fee means a fee identified as an assessment fee in column 2 of the table in Part 1 of the Schedule.

Transitional provisions [Revoked] Heading: revoked, on 1 July 2014, by regulation 19.
16 Certain auditors treated as holding licence [Revoked] Regulation 16: revoked, on 1 July 2014, by regulation 19.

17 Certain overseas auditors treated as holding licence [Revoked] Regulation 17: revoked, on 1 July 2014, by regulation 19.

18 Certain audit firms treated as registered [Revoked] Regulation 18: revoked, on 1 July 2014, by regulation 19.

19 Revocation of transitional provisions [Revoked] Regulation 19: revoked, on 1 July 2014, by regulation 19.
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Issued under the authority of the Legislation Act 2012.

Date of notification in Gazette: 26 April 2012.


10 Reprinted as at 17 December 2015 Reprints notes Auditor Regulations 2012 Notes 1 2 General This is a reprint of the Auditor Regulations 2012 that incorporates all the amendments to those regulations as at the date of the last amendment to them.

Legal status Reprints are presumed to correctly state, as at the date of the reprint, the law enacted by the principal enactment and by any amendments to that enactment.
Section 18 of the Legislation Act 2012 provides that this reprint, published in electronic form, has the status of an official version under section 17 of that Act.

A printed version of the reprint produced directly from this official elec- tronic version also has official status.

3 Editorial and format changes Editorial and format changes to reprints are made using the powers under sec- tions 24 to 26 of the Legislation Act 2012.

See also http://www.pco.parlia- ment.govt.nz/editorial-conventions/.
4 Amendments incorporated in this reprint Auditor Amendment Regulations (No 2) 2015 (LI 2015/281) Auditor Amendment Regulations 2015 (LI 2015/113) Financial Markets Conduct (Changes to Financial Markets Authority Fees) Regulations 2014 (LI 2014/111): Part 1 Auditor Regulations 2012 (SR 2012/75): regulation 19 Wellington, New Zealand: Published under the authority of the New Zealand Government—2015 11