3 July 2015 Inspection of Statement of Accounts AUDIT OF ACCOUNTS YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2015 Audit Commission Act 1998, sections 15 – 16 Accounts and Audit Regulations 2011 Regulations 9, 10, 21, 22 & 24 The accounts for the Police and Crime Commissioner for Suffolk and the Chief Constable for Suffolk are subject to external audit by Ernst & Young LLP, One Cambridge Business Park, Cambridge, CB4 0WZ. Members of the public and local government electors have certain rights in the audit process: 1. From Monday 20 July to Friday 14 August 2015 between 9.00 a.m. and 4.00 p.m. any person may inspect the accounts for the year ended 31 March 2015 and certain related documents (comprising books, deeds, contracts, bills, vouchers and receipts) at the address given below. They may also make copies of the accounts and documents. 2. From 10.00 a.m. on Monday 17 August 2015 until the conclusion of the audit process, a local government elector for the area of the Police and Crime Commissioner and Chief Constable, 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 10.00 a.m. on Monday 17 August 2015 until the conclusion of the audit process, a local government elector for the area of the Police and Crime Commissioner and Chief Constable, or his/her representative, may object to the accounts asking that the auditor issue a report in the public interest (under section 8 of the Audit Commission Act 1998) and/or apply to the court for a declaration that an item in the accounts is contrary to law (under section 17 of the Audit Commission Act 1998). 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 3 July 2015 Chris Bland Chief Finance Officer Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Suffolk Police Headquarters Martlesham Heath Ipswich IP5 3QS
