RYDE TOWN COUNCIL
NOTICE OF PUBLIC RIGHTS AND PUBLICATION
OF UNAUDITED ANNUAL GOVERNANCE &
ACCOUNTABILITY RETURN
ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021
Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 Sections 25, 26 and 27
The Accounts and Audit Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/234)
The Accounts and Audit Coronavirus
(Amendment) Regulations 2020 (SI 2020/404
NOTICE
NOTES
1.
Date of announcement_Wednesday 301h June
(a) Insert date of placing of
2021
(a)
the notice which must be
not less than 1 day before
the date in (0) below
2. Each year the smaller authority's Annual Governance and Accountability Return (AGAR)
needs to be reviewed by an external auditor appointed by Smaller Authorities' Audit
Appointments Ltd. The unaudited AGAR has been published with this notice. As it has yet
to be reviewed by the appointed auditor, it is subject to change as a result of that review.
Any person interested has the right to inspect and make copies of the accounting records
for the financial year to which the audit relates and all books, deeds, contracts, bills,
vouchers, receipts and other documents relating to those records must be made available
for inspection by any person interested. For the year ended
31 March
2020, these
documents will be available on reasonable notice by application to:
(b) Mr Gareth Hughes
(b) insert name, position
Telephone:865024
and
address/telephone
number/ email address, as
appropriate, of the Clerk or
commencing on (c)
_Thurdsay1 July 2021
other person to which any
person may apply to
inspect the accounts
and ending on (d)
Monday 9 August 2021
(c) Insert date, which must
be at least
1 day after the
3. Local government electors and their representatives also have:
date of announcement in
(a) above and at least 30
working days before the
•
The opportunity to question the appointed auditor about the accounting records; and
date appointed in
(d)
below
•
The right to make an objection which concerns a matter in respect of which the appointed
auditor could either make a public interest report or apply to the court for a declaration
(d) The inspection period
that an item of account is unlawful. Written notice of an objection must first be given to
between (c) and (d) must
De
days
the auditor and a copy sent to the smaller authority.
inclusive arid must start on
or before
1 September
The appointed auditor can be contacted at the address in paragraph 4 below for this purpose
2020.
between the above dates only.
4. The smaller authority's AGAR is subject to review by the appointed auditor under the
provisions of the Local Audit and Accountability Act
2014, the Accounts and Audit
Regulations 2015 and the NAO's Code of Audit Practice 2015. The appointed auditor is:
PKF Littlejohn LLP (Ref: SBA Team)
15 Westferry Circus
Canary Wharf
London E14 4HD
(sba@pkf-littleiohn.com)
5. This announcement is made by (e) Mr Gareth
Hughes