Council:

East Dunbartonshire Council

Type:

General

Published:
Expires:
Address:
East Dunbarton Council
Council Headquarters
Southbank Marina
12 Strathkelvin Place
Kirkintilloch
G66 1TJ

EAST DUNBARTONSHIRE COUNCIL, MUGDOCK COUNTRY PARK JOINT COMMITTEE AND ACCOUNTS FOR CHARITIES WHERE EAST DUNBARTONSHIRE COUNCIL IS THE SOLE TRUSTEE (EAST DUNBARTONSHIRE COUNCIL CHARITABLE TRUSTS)

Accounts for the period from 1 April 2020 to 31 March 2021

Notice is hereby given under Regulation 9 (1) of the Local Authority Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2014 modified under the Coronavirus (Scotland) Act 2020 that:

  • Copies of the unaudited accounts of East Dunbartonshire Council, Mugdock Country Park Joint Committee and East Dunbartonshire Council Charitable Trusts, for the period from 1 April 2020 to 31 March 2021 will be available for public inspection at the website: www.eastdunbarton.gov.uk on Thursday 1 July 2021.

  • Under the 2014 Regulations, any person interested may inspect a copy of the abstract(s) of the accounts to be audited, all books, deeds, contracts, bills, vouchers and receipts related thereto. However, under Paragraph 9(1)(b)(iv) of Schedule 6 of the 2020 Act, the Council is declaring that this is no longer effective or appropriate due to action taken in order to control the incidence or transmission of Coronavirus. However, the Council will endeavour to provide such information electronically where it can and, where this is not possible, physically when it can;

  • Any person interested may object to the accounts or to any part of those accounts, no later than 21 July 2020, by:

    • sending their objection by email, together with a statement of the grounds thereof, to the auditor, Audit Scotland, for the attention of Fiona Mitchell-Knight FCA (Audit Director) at FMitchell-Knight@audit-scotland.gov.uk and objections in relation to the accounts of Mugdock Country Park and East Dunbartonshire Council Charitable Trusts should be marked for the attention of Peter Lindsay CPFA (Senior Audit Manager) at PLindsay@audit-scotland.gov.uk , and;

    • sending a copy of that objection and statement to East Dunbartonshire Council, for the attention of Jamie Robertson, Chief Finance Officer, by email to customerservices@eastdunbarton.gov.uk.

  • The auditor shall, if requested by the person objecting, the authority, or by any officer of the authority who may be concerned, afford to that person or authority or officer, as the case may be, an opportunity of appearing before and being heard by the auditor with respect to that objection; and any such person or officer may so appear and be heard either personally or by a representative.

  • Provision is also made in the 2020 Act (Schedule 6 paragraph 8(2)) for the Council to postpone the publication of its audited accounts. The Council is therefore making use of this provisions and giving notice of the delay. The audited accounts will be published as soon as reasonably practicable and no later than 31 October 2021

    Those who wish to view the Annual Accounts should make their request by telephone on 0300 123 4510, or by email to customerservices@eastdunbarton.gov.uk . Alternatively, you can view the Accounts of East Dunbartonshire Council, Mugdock Country Park Joint Committee and East Dunbartonshire Council Charitable Trusts on the Council’s website, www.eastdunbarton.gov.uk, from Thursday 1 July 2021.

Legislation Information

Regulation 9 (1) of the Local Authority Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2014 modified under the Coronavirus (Scotland) Act 2020