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1620. Confidentiality and professional secrecy

The rules of confidentiality and professional secrecy in Chapter 11 of Part 27 shall apply with respect to information and documents to which a statutory auditor or audit firm has access when carrying out the assurance of sustainability reporting in the same manner as they apply in relation to the carrying out of a statutory audit subject to the following modifications:

(a) references (howsoever expressed) to carrying out a statutory audit shall be construed as references to carrying out the assurance of sustainability reporting;

(b) references (howsoever expressed) to a statutory auditor or audit firm ceasing to be engaged in an audit shall be constructed as references to a statutory auditor or audit firm ceasing to be engaged in the assurance of sustainability reporting of the company;

(c) references to a key audit partner shall be construed as references to a key sustainability partner;

(d) references to audit work shall be construed as references to assurance work;

(e) references t

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