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 Revisions to Professional and Ethical Standard 1: Revisions to the Code to promote the role and mindset expected of assurance practitioners.

Revisions to Professional and Ethical Standard 1: Revisions to the Code to promote the role and mindset expected of assurance practitioners:

• is effective on 31 December 2021, 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 4th day of March 2021.

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