PART 2Specification of the appointing person
Additional functions of appointing personI17
A specified appointing person must—
a
keep and maintain a record of which principal authorities are opted in authorities and publish that record on a website;
b
design and implement appropriate systems to—
i
oversee issues of independence of any auditor which it has appointed, arising both at the time of appointment and when undertaking audit work;
ii
monitor compliance by a local auditor against the contractual obligations in an audit contract;
iii
resolve disputes or complaints from—
aa
local auditors, opted in authorities and local government electors relating to audit contracts and the carrying out of audit work by auditors it has appointed;
bb
authorities regarding the refusal of a request to become an opted in authority under regulation 11.