Section 331ADCorporations Act 2001 (Cth)

Effect of winding up on office of auditor

An auditor of a registered scheme ceases to hold office if:

(a) the scheme’s constitution provides that the scheme is to be wound up at a specified time, in specified circumstances or on the happening of a specified event, and that time is reached, those circumstances occur or that event occurs; or

(b) the members pass a resolution directing the responsible entity to wind up the scheme; or

(c) the Court makes an order directing the responsible entity to wind up the scheme; or

(d) the members pass a resolution to remove the responsible entity but do not, at the same meeting, pass a resolution choosing a company to be the new responsible entity that consents to becoming the scheme’s responsible entity.

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