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.