Membership regulations

Before you engage in public practice, you need to hold an ICAEW practising certificate (PC) and comply with our Professional Indemnity Insurance and Practice Assurance Regulations. From 1 January 2024 the practising certificate guidelines are changing. Find out who is affected and what is changing.

Effective from 6 March 2012.

The procedural rules for ceasing an individual’s membership, readmitting an individual to ICAEW membership and how a member can resign.

This ICAEW guide provides an overview of directors' duties and responsibilities, including on internal governance, transactions between a company and its directors or shareholders, and corporate administration. It also covers responsibilities in relation to insolvent or financially challenged companies, as well as penalties for breach of directors' responsibilities.

Regulations setting out the information ICAEW members must provide to the members' registrar.

Regulations setting out when a member’s annual subscription must be paid.

Regulations setting out how much a member must pay; and information for retired members and those applying for life membership.