Audit of Accounts Notice of Public Rights

WOKING BOROUGH COUNCIL 

AUDIT OF ACCOUNTS

NOTICE OF PUBLIC RIGHTS 

Audit Commission Act 1998, S.15 and 16

(formerly Local Government Finance Act 1982, s.17)

Accounts and Audit Regulations 2003, regs. 13, 14 and 16

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that from Monday, 21 July 2008 to Friday 15 August 2008 (inclusive) between 9 a.m. and 4.30 p.m. any person interested may inspect, and make copies of, the accounts of the above-named Council for the year ended 31 March 2008 and all books, deeds, contracts, bills, vouchers and receipts relating thereto.  The accounts and other documents will be available for inspection at the offices at which they are normally kept, or otherwise by arrangement; application should be made initially to Leigh Clarke, Financial Services Manager, Civic Offices, Gloucester Square, Woking  GU21 6YL (telephone 01483 743277; e-mail leigh.clarke@woking.gov.uk).            

NOTICE is also given that on or after Monday 18 August 2008 at 10.00 a.m. until the completion of the audit the auditor, at the request of a local government elector for any area to which the accounts relate, will give the elector or his representative an opportunity to question him about the accounts, and that any such elector or his representative may attend before the auditor and make objections as to any matter in respect of which the auditor could take action under sections 15 and 16 of the Audit Commission Act 1998 (namely, an unlawful item of account, failure to bring a sum into account, or a loss or deficiency caused by wilful misconduct), or could make a report in the public interest under section 8) of that Act.            

Questions may be received at the Civic Offices by arrangement with the auditor, Mr Neil Thomas, London Public Sector Audit, KPMG LLP, Canary Wharf (38th Floor), 1 Canada Square, London  E14 5AG (tel. no. 020 7311 6496) to whom requests for this purpose should be addressed.  No objection may be made unless the auditor has previously received written notice of the proposed objection and its grounds.  A copy of the notice must be sent to the Council at the address below.   

RAY MORGAN 

Chief Executive  

Civic Offices,                                                                                                         Gloucester Square,                                                                              Woking,                                                                                                               Surrey.                                                                                                                            GU21 6YL

3 July 2008