http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2014/2/section/8/enactedLocal Audit and Accountability Act 2014enKing's Printer of Acts of Parliament2019-10-31 Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014specified provision(s)The Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 (Commencement No. 8 and Commencement No. 7, Transitional Provisions and Savings (Amendment)) Order 2016art. 2Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014ActThe Surrey (Structural Changes) Order 2026art. 28(2)(a) 40(2)(a)art. 1(1) Part 3 8 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.