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ICAEW’s regulation and conduct oversight

ICAEW’s regulatory and disciplinary roles are carried out by the Regulation & Conduct division. This work is overseen by the ICAEW Regulation & Conduct Board and by oversight regulators, including the Financial Reporting Council, the Insolvency Service, Legal Services Board, the Office for Professional Body AML Supervision (OPBAS) for AML supervisory work, and the Financial Conduct Authority.

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Introducing Regulation & Conduct

Effective 1 October, ICAEW’s Professional Standards Department has changed its name to Regulation & Conduct – a name that more clearly reflects our role in upholding standards in the public interest.

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Oversight regulators

ICAEW’s regulatory and conduct oversight structure diagram.
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Oversight by the IRCB

The ICAEW Regulation & Conduct Board (IRCB) is responsible for ensuring ICAEW’s regulatory and disciplinary work, undertaken by the Regulation & Conduct division (R&C) is carried out in the public interest.
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IRCB, regulatory and disciplinary committees

Independent regulatory and disciplinary committees oversee the ICAEW Regulation & Conduct (R&C) division's monitoring activity, review firm applications to carry out work regulated by law (eg, audit and insolvency) and hear disciplinary cases.
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Regulatory & Conduct Appointments Committee

The Regulatory & Conduct Appointments Committee (RACAC) is responsible for dealing with all matters relating to the appointment, performance evaluations and remuneration of chairs and members of the IRCB and the regulatory and disciplinary committees and Reviewers of Complaints.
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