Lawyers and Conveyancers Act (Trust Account) Regulations 2008 (SR 2008/183) (as at 07 July 2010)

23 Persons closely related by blood or marriage may be disqualified as auditors
  • If a chartered accountant is so closely related by blood or marriage to a sole practitioner, partner, or voting shareholder in a practice whose trust accounts the chartered accountant is auditing that, in the opinion of the relevant society, the audit of that practice’s trust accounts by the chartered accountant is undesirable,—

    • (a) the relevant society may notify the practice to that effect; and

    • (b) on notification, the chartered accountant is no longer qualified to audit any trust accounts of that practice.