NORTH YORKSHIRE FIRE AND RESCUE AUTHORITY

NORTH YORKSHIRE FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICE

AUDIT OF ACCOUNTS

NOTICE OF PUBLIC RIGHTS

Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 S24-28

Accounts and Audit Regulations 2011 Regs 9, 10, 21, 22 & 24

Notice is given that from 26th June 2015 to 23rd July 2015 between 9.00 am and 4.30 pm, any persons interested may inspect and make copies of the accounts of the above-named Authority for the period ended 31 March 2015 and all books, deeds, contracts, bills, vouchers and receipts relating thereto. The accounts and given documents will be available for inspection at the offices at which they are normally kept, or otherwise by arrangement. Application should be made initially to the Director of Finance and Technical Services, Service Headquarters, Thurston Road, Northallerton, DL6 2ND.

NOTICE is also given that on or after 24th July 2015 until the completion of the audit, the auditors, at the request of a local government elector for any area to which the accounts relate, will give the elector or his representative an opportunity to question them about the accounts and that any such elector or his representative may attend before the auditors and make objections as to any matter in respect of which the auditors could take action under Section 28 of the Local Audit and Accountability Act (namely, an unlawful item of account, failure to bring a sum into account, or loss or deficiency caused by wilful misconduct), or could make a report in the public interest under Section 24 of that Act.

Questions may be received at Service Headquarters by arrangement with the auditors, Mazars LLP, The Rivergreen Centre, Aykley Heads, Durham, DH1 5TS, to whom requests for this purpose should be addressed. No objections may be made unless the auditors have previously received a written notice of the proposed objection and its grounds. A copy of this notice must also be sent to the Authority at the address below.

Barry Khan

Monitoring Officer

North Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Authority

NorthYorkshireCounty Council

County Hall

NORTHALLERTON

DL7 8AL