C-48.1 - Chartered Professional Accountants Act

Section 57 Disposition versions

2012-05-16

57. The board of directors of the Ordre des comptables professionnels agréés du Québec issues chartered professional accountant’s permits to persons who are authorized by law to practise the profession of chartered accountant outside Canada under a mutual recognition agreement entered into within the framework of the North American Free Trade Agreement or under an agreement entered into between the Ordre des comptables agréés du Québec and another body not governed by the former agreement, provided the agreement was entered into before 15 May 2012, and who

(1)  provide a certificate signed by the competent officer attesting that they are members in good standing of a corporation of chartered accountants of another country;

(2)  show that the level of the examinations and the conditions of admission in the foreign corporation are in conformity with the level of the examinations and the conditions of admission of the Ordre des comptables professionnels agréés du Québec; and

(3)  pass a test on federal and Québec tax legislation, Québec business law and ethics.

This section ceases to apply on the date of coming into force of a regulation made by the board of directors of the Order under paragraph q of section 94 of the Professional Code (chapter C-26).

2012, c. 11, s. 57.