Section 1279 — Corporations Act 2001 (Cth)

Application for registration as auditor

(1) A natural person may make an application to ASIC for registration as an auditor.

(2) An application under this section:

(a) must be lodged with ASIC; and

(b) must contain such information as is prescribed in the regulations; and

(c) must be in the prescribed form.

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Related sections

s 1274B — Use, in court proceedings, of information from ASIC’s national database
s 1274C — ASIC certificate
s 1275 — Relodging of lost registered documents
s 1280 — Registration of auditors
s 1280A — Approval of auditing competency standard
s 1281 — Auditor‑General taken to be registered as auditor

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