1. Before appointment as a statutory auditor for the statutory audit of a public-interest entity, a person who is eligible for appointment as a statutory auditor must assess and document, in addition to what is required by paragraph 8 of Schedule 1 to the Statutory Auditors and Third Country Auditors Regulations 2016, the following:

(a) whether the person who is eligible for appointment as a statutory auditor complies with the requirements of Articles 4 and 5 of this Regulation;

(b) whether the conditions of the provisions for the appointment of statutory auditors by public interest entities and Article 17(7) are complied with;

(c) without prejudice to the relevant legislation, the integrity of the members of the management body of the public-interest entity.

1A. In point (c) of paragraph 1, "relevant legislation" means -

(a) the Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds (Information on the Payer) Regulations 2017 [S.I. 2017/692; amended by S.I. 2017/752, 2017/1064 and paragraphs 411 to 419 of Schedule 9 to the Data Protection Act 2018 (c. 12).];