AUDIT OF ACCOUNTS - NOTICE OF PUBLIC RIGHTS

Audit Commission Act 1998

Accounts and Audit Regulations 2003

NOTICE IS GIVEN that from 6th July to 3rd August 2009, between 9.00am and 5.00pm (4.30 on Fridays) any person interested may inspect and make copies of the Accounts of Bath & North East Somerset Council 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 The Guildhall, High Street, Bath. Copies of the Accounts will also be available at the Council’s offices at Riverside, Temple Street, Keynsham and at The Hollies, Midsomer Norton.

NOTICE IS ALSO GIVEN that the auditor has appointed the 3rd August 2009 as the date on or after which local government electors for the area to which the accounts relate may exercise their rights under section 15 and 16 of the Audit Commission Act 1998 to question the auditor about or make objections to the accounts for the year ended 31 March 2009. The auditor can be contacted at the following address:

Audit Commission, Westward House, Lime Kiln Close, Stoke Gifford, Bristol, BS34 8SR

The Auditor can apply to the high court under Section 17(1) of the Audit Commission Act 1988 to seek confirmation whether an item in the accounts breaks the law. The auditor can also make a report under section 8 of the Audit Commission Act 1998 on a matter the auditor feels they should tell the public about.

Questions may also be received at the Guildhall, High Street, Bath BA1 5AW, by arrangement with the Auditors to whom requests for this purpose should be addressed. No objection may be made unless the Auditor has previously received written notice of the objection and its grounds. A copy of such notice must be sent to the Council at the address below.

A Pate

Director of Support Services

Bath & North East Somerset Council

The Guildhall

Bath

BA1 5AW