While responses given by the auditor will be supported by sufficient appropriate audit evidence, there is no obligation to take audit files into the AGM. The level of detail relating to specific issues, as contained in audit files, is not appropriate in …

In accordance with section 250RA of the Act when the auditor is not able to attend an AGM and questions for the auditor have been notified, the auditor arranges for a representative to attend the meeting on the auditor’s behalf. In this situation, the …

A question may arise at the AGM in relation to the audit to which the auditor is not able to provide an immediate response. For example, the auditor may wish to seek legal advice prior to providing the response. In these circumstances, the auditor, in …

There is no equivalent International Standard on Auditing or International Auditing Practice Statement to this Guidance Statement. …

Internal control [7] encompasses the following components: the control environment; the life company’s risk assessment process; information systems, including the related business processes, relevant to financial and prudential reporting, and …

Life company means all life companies (including friendly societies) registered under section 21 of the Life Act . …

Life company auditable annual return(s) , means a form used for the collection and reporting of information in relation to a life company, as required to be provided to APRA by a life company in accordance with APRA Reporting Standards made under the …

Limited assurance engagement means an assurance engagement in which the assurance practitioner reduces engagement risk to a level that is acceptable in the circumstances of the engagement but where that risk is greater than for a reasonable assurance …

Prudential Requirements [8] , are defined in LPS 001 and include requirements imposed by: the Life Act ; Regulations (made under the Life Act ); APRA Prudential Standards (made under the Life Act ); the FSCODA; APRA Reporting Standards (made under the …

Reasonable assurance engagement means an assurance engagement in which the assurance practitioner reduces engagement risk to an acceptably low level in the circumstances of the engagement as the basis for the assurance practitioner’s conclusion. The …