The Australian Standards on Auditing in the 100–700 series apply to an audit of a financial report and are to be adapted as necessary in the circumstances when applied to audits of other historical financial information.  This Auditing Standard deals with special considerations in the application of those Australian Auditing Standards to an audit of a single financial statement or of a specific element, account or item of a financial statement.  The single financial statement or the specific element, account or item of a financial statement may be prepared in accordance with a general or special purpose framework.  If prepared in accordance with a special purpose framework, ASA 800^[1] also applies to the audit.  (Ref: Para. A1–A4)

This Auditing Standard does not apply to the report of a component auditor, issued as a result of work performed on the financial information of a component at the request of a group engagement team for purposes of an audit of a group financial report (see ASA 600).^[2]

This Auditing Standard does not override the requirements of the other Australian Auditing Standards; nor does it purport to deal with all special considerations that may be relevant in the circumstances of the engagement.

[Deleted by the AUASB.  Refer Aus 0.3]