Treasury & financeCourt or tribunalExists today
Companies Auditors Disciplinary Board
CADB
1 March 2017 – present
Previously Companies Auditors and Liquidators Disciplinary Board (1991–2017).
Independent disciplinary tribunal that decides applications by ASIC or APRA to cancel, suspend or otherwise discipline registered company auditors.
Names over time
- Companies Auditors and Liquidators Disciplinary Board1991–2017
- Companies Auditors Disciplinary Board2017–present
How it came into existence
The Companies Auditors and Liquidators Disciplinary Board renamed on 1 March 2017 by the Insolvency Law Reform Act 2016, which transferred liquidator discipline to ASIC-convened committees.
- Auditor discipline
Legislation: Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001 Part 11
Main functions
- Disciplinary hearings on registered company auditors
- Cancellation or suspension of auditor registration
- Admonishments, reprimands and undertakings
Where it sits
In the portfolio of Department of the Treasury.
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Sources
Primary sources
- Australian Government Organisations Register (Department of Finance, data.gov.au) (listed from 30 September 2017 to the latest release (30 June 2026))
Government records and websites
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