Notice is hereby given, pursuant to section 24 of the Financial Reporting Act 2013, that the New Zealand Auditing and Assurance Standards Board of the External Reporting Board has issued Amendments to Professional and Ethical Standard 1: Part 2, Assurance Practitioners Performing Professional Activities Pursuant to Their Relationship with the Firm.

Amendments to Professional and Ethical Standard 1: Part 2, Assurance Practitioners Performing Professional Activities Pursuant to Their Relationship with the Firm:

• Is effective on 15 December 2020, with early adoption permitted;
• takes effect from the date of the notification of its issue in the New Zealand Gazette, pursuant to section 27(2)(a) and (b) of the Financial Reporting Act 2013; and
• is a disallowable instrument for the purposes of the Legislation Act 2012.

Copies of the standard may be inspected free of charge at the offices of the External Reporting Board (XRB), Level 7, 50 Manners Street, Wellington. Copies are also available on the XRB’s website at www.xrb.govt.nz.

Dated this 7th day of October 2020.

ROBERT BUCHANAN, Chairman, New Zealand Auditing and Assurance Standards Board.