Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Act, 2003 (Act No. 53 of 2003)Verification Manual7. Quality Control |
| 7.1 | The Verification Agency shall establish and implement appropriate quality control procedures for whole Verification Agency and for the individual B-BBEE verification engagements undertaken. |
| 7.2 | Elements of quality control that are relevant to individual verification engagements include leadership responsibilities for standards within the verification agency and on the verification engagement, compliance with ethical requirements, acceptance and continuation of client relationships and specific verification engagements, human resources, assignment of engagement teams, engagement performance, and monitoring.6 |
| 7.3 | The quality control procedures shall be documented and communicated to the Verification Agency's personnel and policies and procedures shall be designed to provide reasonable assurance that the Verification Agency and its personnel comply with this requirement. |
| 7.4 | The Verification Agency shall document evidence of compliance with the quality control procedures. |
6 For Registered Auditors performing Verification Engagements, these requirements are set out in International Standard on Quality Control (ISQC) 1, Quality Control for Firms that perform audits and reviews of historical financial information and other assurance and related services engagements, and International Standard on Auditing (ISA) 220, Quality Control for Audits of Historical Financial Information.