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Other standards and guidelines

  • ACCA's Consumer Credit Group Licence  PDF document - opens in a new window
  • The requirements to be eligible to take advantage of the cover under ACCA’s Consumer Credit Group Licence, which only applies to members in the UK, are reproduced here.
  • Code of Ethics and Conduct  PDF document - opens in a new window
  • Code of Ethics and Conduct
  • Continuity of Practice Requirements  PDF document - opens in a new window
  • The Continuity of Practice Requirements are reproduced in this factsheet.
  • Control and Description Requirements  PDF document - opens in a new window
  • Control and Description Requirements
  • Disciplinary Procedures  PDF document - opens in a new window
  • ACCA has produced a factsheet to provide guidance for members and firms on ACCA's Disciplinary Procedures.
  • Disciplinary action in respect of convictions before the courts  PDF document - opens in a new window
  • The guidance to members and students on the disciplinary action which is likely to ensue should members or students be convicted of offences before the courts is reproduced here.
  • Do I need a practising certificate?  PDF document - opens in a new window
  • ACCA requires any member working as a partner, director or principal of a practising firm which undertakes public practice work to hold an ACCA practising certificate. ACCA has produced a factsheet which outlines the common areas where a practising certificate is required.
  • Guidance on ethical matters for members in business  PDF document - opens in a new window
  • ACCA has issued guidance for members in business to assist them in discharging their professional obligations, by setting out the fundamental principles to which they should adhere and considering the ethical conflicts that can arise in business situations.
  • Internal complaints-handling procedures  PDF document - opens in a new window
  • The guidance to assist members to implement internal complaints-handling procedures is reproduced here.
  • Notification Requirements  PDF document - opens in a new window
  • In order to enable ACCA to ensure that information about practitioners is up to date, practitioners are required to notify ACCA of a number of different events or changes to their practices. This factsheet outlines ACCA's Notification Requirements.
  • Obtaining Professional Work  PDF document - opens in a new window
  • ACCA has produced a factsheet on providing guidance on obtaining Professional work.
  • Professional Indemnity Insurance Requirements  PDF document - opens in a new window
  • Professional Indemnity Insurance Requirements
  • Professional liability of accountants and auditors  PDF document - opens in a new window
  • The guidance on the liability for professional negligence which members may incur because of an act or default by them (or by their employees or associates) which results in a financial loss to a client or a third party to whom a duty of care is owed is reproduced here.
  • The legal ownership of, and rights of access to, books, files, working papers and other documents  PDF document - opens in a new window
  • The guidance on the legal ownership of, and rights of access to, books, files, working papers and other documents is reproduced here.
  • Transfer information  PDF document - opens in a new window
  • Many of the complaints considered by the Professional Conduct Department of ACCA involve transfer information, or more correctly, the information that the former accountant should transfer to the new accountant on a change of appointment. The guidance on transfer information is reproduced here.
 


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