Genetic Signatures

69 In preparing the financial report, the directors are responsible for assessing the ability of the Group to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the directors either intend to liquidate the Group or to cease operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so. Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the Financial Report Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial report as a whole is free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor’s report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with the Australian Auditing Standards will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of this financial report. A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of the financial report is located at the Auditing and Assurance Standards Board website (http://www.auasb.gov.au/Home.aspx) at: https://www.auasb.gov.au/admin/file/content102/c3/ar1_2020.pdf This description forms part of our auditor’s report. Report on the Remuneration Report Opinion on the Remuneration Report We have audited the Remuneration Report included in the directors’ report under the heading ‘Remuneration Report’ for the year ended 30 June 2021. In our opinion, the Remuneration Report of Genetic Signatures Limited, for the year ended 30 June 2021, complies with section 300A of the Corporations Act 2001 . Responsibilities The directors of the Company are responsible for the preparation and presentation of the Remuneration Report in accordance with section 300A of the Corporations Act 2001 . Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Remuneration Report, based on our audit conducted in accordance with Australian Auditing Standards. BDO Audit Pty Ltd Martin Coyle Director Sydney, 25 August 2021 Level 11, 1 Margaret St Sydney NSW 2000 Australia Tel: +61 2 9251 4100 Fax: +61 2 9240 9821 www.bdo.com.au BDO Audit Pty Ltd ABN 33 134 022 870 is a member of a national association of independent entities which are all members of BDO Australia Ltd ABN 77 050 110 275, an Australian company limited by guarantee. BDO Audit Pty Ltd and BDO Australia Ltd are members of BDO International Ltd, a UK company limited by guarantee, and form part of the international BDO network of independent member firms. Liability limited by a scheme approved under Professional Standards Legislation. DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE BY MARTIN COYLE TO THE DIRECTORS OF GENETIC SIGNATURES LIMITED As lead auditor of Gen tic Signatures Limited for the year ended 30 June 2020, I de lare that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, ther have be n: 1. No contraventions of the auditor independence requirements of the Corporations Act 2001 in elation to the audit; and 2. No contraventions of any applicable code of p rofessional conduct in relation to the a udit. clara is in respect of Genet c Signatures Limited and the entities it controlled during the period. Martin Coyle Director BDO Audit Pty Ltd Sydney, 28 August 2020