The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Audit of Accounts
Year Ended 31 March 2011
Members of the public and local government electors have certain
rights in the audit process:
- From 4 July to 2 August 2011 between 9.30am and 4.30pm, Monday
to Friday, any person may inspect the accounts of the Council for
the year ended 31 March 2011 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.
- From 3 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 contact the auditor at the address given below to make
arrangements to ask any questions.
- From 3 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.
The Council’s accounts are subject to external audit by Michael
Haworth-Maden, District Auditor, of the Audit Commission, 1st
Floor, Millbank Tower, Millbank, London SW1P 4H .
*Audit Commission Act 1998, sections 15 – 16 Regulations 9, 10,
21, 22 and 23 of the Accounts and Audit (England) Regulations
2011.