In accordance with the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 and the Accounts and Audit Regulations 2015, as a local elector, or an interested person, you have certain legal rights in respect of the accounting records of the Community Council. This includes, inspecting the accounting records and related documents and asking questions about the accounts.
Your inspection must be about the accounts, or relate to an item in the accounts. You cannot, for example, inspect or copy documents unrelated to the accounts, or that include personal information. You cannot inspect information which is protected by commercial confidentiality. This is information which would prejudice commercial confidentiality if it was released to the public and there is not, set against this, a very strong reason in the public interest why it should nevertheless be disclosed.
You do not have to pay directly for exercising your rights. However, any resulting costs incurred by the Community Council form part of its running costs. Therefore, indirectly, local residents pay for the cost of you exercising your rights through their council tax.
For the year ended 31 March 2024, these documents will be available on reasonable notice by application to:
Shuwanna Aaron, Proper Officer
Beethoven Centre, Third Avenue, London W10 4JL
020 8960 5644
Properofficer@queensparkcommunitycouncil.gov.uk
The inspection period:
Commences: Monday 3 June 2024
Concludes: Friday 12 July 2024