Audit of Accounts 2010/11

Audit Commission Act 1998

Accounts and audit regulations 2011

Notice is hereby given that from 22 July 2011 to 18 August 2011 between the hours of 10.00 am and 4.30 pm during the working week any person interested may inspect and make copies of the Accounts of Guildford Borough Council for the year ended 31 March 2011 and all books, deeds, contracts, bills, vouchers and receipts relating thereto.  The Accounts and other documents will be available for inspection at the office at which they are normally kept or otherwise by arrangement; application should be made initially to the Head of Financial Services, Guildford Borough Council, Millmead House, Millmead, Guildford, Surrey, GU2 4BB (Tel: 01483 444829 or e-mail: finacc@guildford.gov.uk)  

Notice is also hereby given that on or after 19 August 2011 from 10.00 am until the completion of the audit, the District 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 any such elector or his representative may attend before the Auditor and make objections as any matter in respect of which the Auditor could take action under Sections 17 or 18 of the Audit Commission Act 1998 (namely an unlawful item of account, failure to bring a sum into account or loss or deficiency caused by wilful misconduct) or could make a report in the public interest under Section 8 of the Act.

Questions may be received at the Council Offices, Millmead House, Millmead, Guildford, Surrey, GU2 4BB by arrangement with the District Auditor, Mr Paul Grady, Audit Commission, 1st Floor, City Executive Centres, Crossweys, 28 - 30 High Street, Guildford, Surrey GU1 3HY, to whom requests for the purpose should be addressed.

No objection may be made unless the District Auditor has previously received written notice of the proposed objection giving details as far as possible of (1) the item within the Accounts to which the objection relates and the grounds for objection, (2) any person from whom it is alleged that the District Auditor should certify that a sum or amount of loss or deficiency is due and the amount of that sum, (3) any matter in respect of which it is proposed that the District Auditor could make a report in the public interest.

A copy of this notice must also be sent to the Head of Financial Services, Guildford Borough Council, Millmead House, Millmead, Guildford, Surrey, GU2 4BB.

Dated: 8 July 2011

Sue Reekie
Head of Financial Services
Guildford Borough Council