(1) Subject to paragraph (2), where a company has revised its strategic report, directors' report or directors' remuneration report under section 454 of the 2006 Act but has not revised its annual accounts, a company's current auditor shall make a report or (as the case may be) further report to the company's members on any revised report prepared under section 454 of that Act if the relevant annual accounts have not been revised at the same time, and -

(a) subject to the modifications in paragraph (1A), the requirements of sections 496 and 497 of the 2006 Act apply, as appropriate, to the report on the revised report as they applied to the, or would have applied to a, report on the original strategic report, directors' report or directors' remuneration report,

(b) section 498 of that Act (duties of auditor) [Section 498 was amended by S.I. 2008/393, 2013/1970 and 2016/649.] applies with any necessary modifications, and

(c) section 495(1) does not apply with respect to the revised reports.