Section 192 of the Act of 1990 is amended by the insertion of the following after subsection (5):
"(6) Where a disciplinary committee or tribunal (however called) of a body of accountants recognised for the purposes of section 187 has reasonable grounds for believing that an indictable offence under the Companies Acts may have been committed by a person while the person was a member of the body, the body shall, as soon as possible, provide a report to the Director giving details of the alleged offence and shall furnish the Director with such further information in relation to the matter as the Director may require.
(7) Where a body referred to in subsection (6) fails to comply with that subsection or a requirement of the Director under that subsection, it, and every officer of the body to whom the failure is attributable, shall be guilty of an offence.".