WEST HENDRED PARISH COUNCIL
NOTICE OF PUBLIC RIGHTS AND PUBLICATION OF UNAUDITED ANNUAL GOVERNANCE & ACCOUNTABILITY RETURN
ACCOUNTS FOR THE
YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2020
Local Audit and
Accountability Act 2014 Sections 25, 26 and 27
The Accounts and
Audit Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/234)
The Accounts and
Audit (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (SI 2020/404)
NOTICE
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1. Date of
announcement 3rd July 2020
2. Each year the
smaller authority’s Annual Governance and Accountability Return (AGAR) needs to be reviewed by an external auditor appointed by Smaller Authorities’ Audit Appointments Ltd. The unaudited AGAR
has been published with this notice. As it has yet to be reviewed by the appointed auditor, it is subject to change as a result of that review.
Any person interested
has the right to inspect and make copies of the accounting records for the financial year to which the audit relates and all books, deeds, contracts, bills, vouchers, receipts and other documents
relating to those records must be made available for inspection by any person interested. For the year ended 31 March 2020, these documents will be available on reasonable notice by application
to:
(b) Julia Evans
Clerk/RFO
Parishocuncilclerk@westhendrednet
commencing on (c) __Monday 6th July 2020 _______________________
and ending on (d) ___Friday 14th August 2020 ________________________
3. Local government
electors and their representatives also have:
- The opportunity to question the
appointed auditor about the accounting records; and
- The right to
make an objection which concerns a matter in respect of which the appointed auditor could either make a public interest report or apply to the court for a declaration that an item of account is
unlawful. Written notice of an objection must first be given to the auditor and a copy sent to the smaller authority.
The appointed auditor can be contacted at the address in paragraph 4 below for this purpose between the above dates only.
4. The smaller
authority’s AGAR is subject to review by the appointed auditor under the provisions of the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014, the Accounts and Audit Regulations 2015 and the NAO’s Code of Audit
Practice 2015. The appointed auditor is:
Moore
Rutland House
Minerva Business Park
Lynch Wood
Peterborough
PE2 6PZ
5. This announcement is made by Julia Evans, Clerk/RFO
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