Responsible party – The party(ies) responsible for the subject matter on which the agreed-upon procedures are performed. …

For the purposes of this Auditing Standard, the following terms have the meanings attributed below:   …

Date of the financial report means the date of the end of the latest period covered by the financial report.  Date of approval of the financial report means the date on which all the financial statements that comprise the financial report, including the …

Date of the auditor’s report means the date the auditor dates the report on the financial report in accordance with ASA 700 .  (Ref: Para.  A3 ) …

Date the financial report is issued means the date that the auditor’s report and audited financial report are made available to third parties.  (Ref: Para.  A4‑A5 ) …

Subsequent events means events occurring between the date of the financial report and the date of the auditor’s report, and facts that become known to the auditor after the date of the auditor’s report. …

Criteria ―The benchmarks used to measure or evaluate the underlying subject matter. The “applicable criteria” are the criteria used for the particular engagement. (Ref: Para. A10 …

Engagement circumstances ―The broad context defining the particular engagement, which includes: the terms of the engagement; whether it is a reasonable assurance engagement or a limited assurance engagement, the characteristics of the underlying subject …

[Deleted by the AUASB. Refer Aus 12.3 .] …

Engagement risk ―The risk that the assurance practitioner expresses an inappropriate conclusion when the subject matter information is materially misstated. (Ref: Para. A11–A14 …