Surrey Police Authority
Audit of Accounts

Notice of Public Rights
Local Government Finance Act 1998, Section 15
Accounts and Audit Regulations 2003

Notice is given that from 6th August 2009 to 3rd September 2009 between 9:30am and 4:30pm, any person interested, may inspect and make copies of the accounts of the above named Authority for the year ended 31st March 2009, and all books, deeds, contracts, bills, vouchers and receipts relating thereto. The accounts and other documents will be available for inspection at Police Headquarters, Guildford, or otherwise by arrangement. Applications should be made initially to the Head of Finance, Finance and Services Department, Police Headquarters, Mount Browne, Sandy Lane, Guildford, Surrey GU3 1HG (Telephone 01483 639302)

Notice is also given that on or after 4th September 2009 at 9:30am, until the completion of the audit, the auditor, at the request of the local government elector for any area to which accounts relate, will give the elector or his representative an opportunity to question him about the accounts, and that any such elector or his representative may attend before the audit and make objections as to any matter in respect of which the auditor could take action under Section 16(2) of the Local Government Finance Act 1998 (namely, an unlawful item of account, failure to bring a sum into account, or a loss or deficiency caused by wilful misconduct), or could make a report in the public interest under Section 8 of that Act.

Questions maybe received at Police Headquarters, Guildford, by prior arrangement with the auditor:

Paul Grady, Audit Commission, District Auditor, 1st floor, MLS Business Centre, Crossweys, 28-30 High Street, Guildford, Surrey, GU1 3EL, (Telephone 01483 243344) to whom requests for this purpose should be addressed.

No objection may be made unless the auditor has previously received written notice of the proposed objection and its grounds. A copy of that notice must be sent to the Authority at the address below:

The Clerk to the Police Authority, 3 The Drive, PO Box 412, Guildford, Surrey GU3 1BR