Grant acquittal - a requirement of a funding agreement and is performed by the recipient of the funding (the responsible party). An acquittal can take a number of forms such as financial reports/statements, written reports, documentation of activities …

Mandate - the requirement, documented or otherwise, for an independent auditor to conduct an audit, other assurance engagement, agreed-upon procedures engagement or combination thereof. Mandates may be prescribed in legislation or regulation; or may be …

Prescribed procedures - procedures that are to be performed by the auditor in accordance with the prescribed requirements of a statutory authority, a contract or other applicable …

Prescribed report - the form and/or content of the auditor’s report is prescribed by a statutory authority, by the terms of a contract or by other applicable …

Subject matter information - the outcome of the measurement or evaluation of an underlying subject matter against the relevant criteria. [Examples include financial reports, compliance plans and attestations/declarations by responsible …

The meanings of other words and phrases used in this Guidance Statement are those included in the AUASB pronouncements and which are also reproduced in the AUASB Glossary …

For the purpose of this Guidance Statement, the following terms have the meanings attributed below: …

‘Authorised Deposit-taking Institution’ (ADI) is defined in APS 001, to mean a body corporate authorised under section 9 of the Banking Act, to carry on banking business in Australia. [18] Reference in this Guidance Statement to an “ADI” will be taken, …

‘Appointed auditor’ means an independent auditor appointed by: an ADI as an auditor for the purposes of APS 310 and APS 910; and a Level 3 head as group auditor for the purposes of 3PS 310. APS 310 and APS 910 allows for the appointed auditor to be the …

‘Accounting records’ is defined in the AUASB Glossary as including “the records of initial accounting entries and supporting records, such as cheques and records of electronic fund transfers, invoices, contracts, the general and subsidiary ledgers, …