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Statutory Notice under Regulation 10(2) of the Accounts and Audit Regulations 2015 in respect of the Fire Authority’s Statement of Accounts 2022/2023.
Under the Accounts and Audit Regulations 2015 (as amended by the Accounts and Audit Regulations 2022) the Fire Authority is required to publish its audited statement of accounts together with any certificate or opinion from the auditor by 30 September each year.
As a result of ongoing pressures facing external auditors nationally in completing local authority audits, the audit of the financial statements for Avon Fire Authority for the year ended 31 March 2023 will not be completed before the 30 September 2023. The audit is due to commence on 30 October 2023.
For the reasons set out above the Fire Authority has been unable to publish its Statement of Accounts for 2022/2023 in accordance with the statutory deadline. The Statement of Accounts for 2022/2023 will be published, together with any certificate or opinion from the auditor, as soon as reasonably practicable after the Audit, Governance and Oversight Committee has approved the accounts and the audit opinion has been received.
