(1) An issuer shall incorporate by reference in the corresponding base shelf prospectus, by means of a statement in the base shelf prospectus, each shelf prospectus supplement referred to in section 6.1 as of the date of the shelf prospectus supplement and only for purposes of the distribution to which the shelf prospectus supplement pertains.
(2) If an issuer does not incorporate by reference in a base shelf prospectus a shelf prospectus supplement required to be incorporated by reference under subsection (1), the shelf prospectus supplement is conclusively deemed for purposes of securities legislation to be incorporated by reference in the issuer’s base shelf prospectus as of the date of the shelf prospectus supplement and only for purposes of the distribution to which the shelf prospectus supplement pertains.
(3) Subject to subsection (4), any unaudited financial statements, other than pro forma financial statements, incorporated by reference into the base shelf prospectus but filed after the date of filing the base shelf prospectus must have been reviewed in accordance with the relevant standards set out in the Handbook for a review of financial statements by a person or company’s auditor or a public accountant’s review of financial statements.
(4) If NI 52-107 permits the financial statements of the person or company in subsection (3) to be audited in accordance with
(a) U.S. AICPA GAAS, the unaudited financial statements may be reviewed in accordance with the review standards issued by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, (a.1) U.S. PCAOB GAAS, the unaudited financial statements may be reviewed in accordance with the review standards issued by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States of America),
(b) International Standards on Auditing, the unaudited financial statements may be reviewed in accordance with International Standards on Review Engagement issued by the International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board, or
(c) auditing standards that meet the foreign disclosure requirements of the designated foreign jurisdiction to which the issuer is subject, the unaudited financial statements
(i) may be reviewed in accordance with review standards that meet the foreign disclosure requirements of the designated foreign jurisdiction, or
(ii) do not have to be reviewed if
(A) the designated foreign jurisdiction does not have review standards for unaudited financial statements, and
(B) the base shelf prospectus includes disclosure that the unaudited financial statements have not been reviewed.
(5) The review specified in subsection (3), if applicable, must have been completed
(a) if the base shelf prospectus established an MTN program or other continuous offering, no later than filing of the unaudited financial statements; or
(b) in all other circumstances, no later than the next filing of a shelf supplement.