Audit of accounts year ended 31 March 2023

Notice of the Commencement of the Period for the Exercise of Public Rights - Local Audit & Accountability Act 2014, Part 5, Paragraphs 26-28

Local Government, England & Wales, The Accounts & Audit Regulations 2015, Regulations 14-15, The Accounts and Audit (Amendment) Regulations 2022

The Council’s accounts are subject to external audit by Ernst & Young LLP of One Colmore Square, Birmingham, B4 6HQ (Telephone: 0121 535 2064). Members of the public and local government electors have certain rights in the audit process:

1. From 1 June 2023 to 12 July 2023 between 9 am and 5 pm any interested person may inspect the accounting records of the Council for the year ended 31 March 2023 including all books, deeds, contracts, bills, vouchers, receipts and other documents relating to these records at the address given below.  They may also make copies of the accounts and documents.
2. From 1 June 2023 to 12 July 2023, 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 above to make arrangements to ask any questions.
3. From 1 June 2023 to 12 July 2023, 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 27 of the Local Audit & Accountability Act 2014) and/or apply to the court for a declaration that an item in the accounts is contrary to law (under section 28 of the Local Audit & Accountability Act 2014). 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.

Dated:  31 May 2023

D K Garton CPFA

Director for Corporate Services

Melton Borough Council

Parkside

Station Approach

Burton Street

Melton Mowbray

Leicestershire

LE13 1GH

Telephone: 01664 502502

Email: customerservices@melton.gov.uk