UK: market for statutory audit services - CMA publishes draft Order

The Competition and Markets Authority has published for comment a draft of the Order that will implement the recommendations made by the Competition Commission (one of the bodies the CMA has replaced) in respect of the market for statutory audit services: see here (pdf). The Order covers audit tendering and audit committee responsibilities in this regard. An explanatory note accompanying the Order is available here (pdf). Further background information, including all of the Competition Commission's inquiry publications, can be found here.