News and publications

Professional Standards Scheme notifications

We publish a notification of a scheme whenever an association applies for a new Professional Standards Scheme, or asks to amend its existing one. This would also occur in the unusual event that revocation of a scheme is proposed.  

Members of the public then have up to four weeks to submit comments to the Professional Standards Councils. Any comments received are considered by the Councils before they decide whether to approve, amend, or revoke the scheme.

Current public notifications

The proposed Institute of Public Accountants Scheme was notified in the press on Friday 22 June 2018. The Professional Standards Council has invited comments and submissions in relation to the proposed Scheme from interested stakeholders, until COB on Friday 20 July 2018. A public consultation document about the proposed Scheme, prepared by the Institute of Public Accountants, is also available for stakeholder information.

Archived public notification documents

The following notifications are no longer open for comment and are listed here for reference only. Please note that the final scheme instrument approved by the Council(s) and published in the Government Gazette by the Minister(s) may not be identical to the scheme that was publicly notified and listed on this page.

Click on the relevant links in the Notification column below to download a zip file of all relevant scheme documents and notices for that date.