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TEST VALLEY BOROUGH COUNCIL
AUDIT OF ACCOUNTS 2011/12 – NOTICE OF PUBLIC RIGHTS
Audit Commission Act 1998, sections 15 - 16
Accounts and Audit (England) Regulations 2011 Regulations 9, 10, 21, 22 and 23 The Council’s accounts are subject to external audit by the District Auditor of Collins House, Bishopstoke Road, Eastleigh, Hampshire, SO50 6AD. Members of the public and local government electors have certain rights in the audit process:
1. From 2nd July 2012 to 27th July 2012 between 9am and 4pm (excluding Saturdays and Sundays) any person may inspect the accounts of the Council for the year ended 2011/12 and certain related documents (comprising books, deeds, contracts, bills, vouchers and receipts) at the address given below. They may also make copies of the accounts and documents.
2. From 10am on 31st August 2012 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 contact the auditor at the address given above to make arrangements to ask any questions.
3. From 10am on 31st August 2012 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.
Dated 1st June 2012
William Fullbrook CPFA
Head of Finance
Test Valley Borough Council
Beech Hurst, Weyhill Road,
Andover, Hampshire, SP10 3AJ