Public Inspection and Audit of Accounts 2011

Surrey Heath Borough Council - Public Inspection and Audit of Accounts

Audit Commission Act 1998, Sections 15 and 16

Accounts and Audit Regulations 2003
Regulations 13, 14 and 16

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The Council's accounts are subject to external audit by KPMG LLP, Canary Wharf (38th Floor), 1 Canada Square, London E14 5AG (tel. no. 020 7311 1379). Members of the public and local government electors have certain rights in the audit process:

From 1 August 2011 to 26 August 2011 between 8.30am and 5.00 pm any interested person may inspect the accounts of Surrey Heath Borough Council for the year ended 31 March 2011 and certain related documents (books, deeds, contracts, bills, vouchers and receipts) at the address given below. They may also make copies of the accounts and documents.

From 10.00am 30 August 2011 until the conclusion of the audit process, a local government elector for the area of the Council, or his/her representative, may ask the auditor questions about the accounts. Please contract the auditor Mr Greg McIntosh, Director, at the address given above to make arrangements to ask any questions.

From 10.00am 30 August 2011 until the conclusion of the audit process, a local government elector for the area of the Council, or his/her representative, may object to the Council's accounts asking that the auditor issue a report in the public interest (under Section 8 of the Audit Commission Act 1998) and/or apply to the court for a declaration that an item in the accounts is contrary to law (under Section 17 of the Audit Commission Act 1998). Written notice of a proposed objection and the grounds on which it is made must be sent to the auditor at the address given above and copied to me at the address given below.

Mr Kelvin Menon
Head of Corporate Finance,
Surrey Heath House,
Knoll Road,
Camberley,
Surrey GU15 3HD

Tel. 01276 707257