1485. (1) (a) An auditor or audit firm (other than a statutory audit firm which falls within paragraph (b) of the definition of "statutory audit firm") shall, as soon as may be after he or she is approved under this Part as a statutory auditor or audit firm, notify the relevant information to the recognised accountancy body.

(b) A Member State audit firm shall, as soon as may be after it is registered in accordance with section 1465, notify the relevant information to the recognised accountancy body.

(c) A third-country auditor shall, as soon as may be after he or she is approved under this Part as a statutory auditor, notify the relevant information to the recognised accountancy body.

(2) On receipt of a notification under subsection (1) and its having carried out any verification of the information as seems to it to be necessary, the recognised accountancy body, as appropriate, shall notify to the Registrar—

(a) the relevant information contained in the notification, and

(b) (i) subject to subparagraph (ii), the individual identification number assigned by it to the auditor, audit firm or third-country auditor under section 1464(6) or a Member State audit firm under section 1465(4), and

(ii) where—

(I) under section 1464(6) or 1465(4) such a number exists, and

(II) by reason of the circumstances referred to in paragraph (b) of the definition of "relevant information" in subsection (4), the relevant information notified to the recognised accountancy body or Supervisory Authority does not include that number,

the number referred to in paragraph 1(c)(ii) or 2(g) of Schedule 20.

(3) The notifications under subsections (1) and (2) shall each be made in such form and manner as the Registrar specifies.

(4) In this section, "relevant information" means the information set out in paragraph 1 or 2, as the case may be, of Schedule 20, other than that set out—

(a) in subparagraph (b) of that paragraph 1 or 2, or

(b) if, due to the simultaneous registration of a statutory audit firm and the statutory auditors that comprise that firm, the number there referred to is not available at that time, in subparagraph (c)(ii) of that paragraph 1 or subparagraph (g) of that paragraph 2.

(5) For the avoidance of doubt, in the event that a recognised accountancy body is no longer recognised by the Supervisory Authority for the purposes of the relevant provisions or otherwise ceases to exist, the notifications under subsections (1) and (2) shall cease to have effect and the Registrar shall remove all information contained in such notifications from the public register.]