Part 3Appointment etc of local auditors
I18Procedure for appointment
1
A relevant authority must consult and take into account the advice of its auditor panel on the selection and appointment of a local auditor under section 7.
2
The relevant authority must, within the period of 28 days beginning with the day on which the appointment is made, publish a notice that—
a
states that it has made the appointment,
b
identifies the local auditor that has been appointed,
c
specifies the period for which the local auditor has been appointed,
d
sets out the advice, or a summary of the advice, of its auditor panel about the selection and appointment of a local auditor, and
e
if it has not followed that advice, sets out the reasons why it has not done so.
3
The notice must be published—
a
if the relevant authority has a website, on its website;
b
otherwise, in accordance with subsection (4).
4
A relevant authority publishes a notice in accordance with this subsection if—
a
in the case of a relevant authority other than a health service body, it publishes the notice in such manner as it thinks is likely to bring the notice to the attention of persons who live in its area;
b
in the case of a clinical commissioning group, it publishes the notice in such manner as it thinks is likely to bring the notice to the attention of—
i
persons who live in the area of the group, and
ii
persons who do not live in the area of the group but for whom the group is responsible;
c
in the case of special trustees for a hospital, they publish the notice in such manner as they think is likely to bring the notice to the attention of persons to whom services are provided at that hospital.
5
The relevant authority must exclude from the notice information whose disclosure would prejudice commercial confidentiality, unless there is an overriding public interest in favour of its disclosure.
6
This section is subject to Schedule 3 (further provision about appointment of local auditors) and provision made under it.