# The Local Government (Northern Ireland) Order 2005, Article 16: Inspection of statements of accounts and auditors' reports


(1) Any member of the public may—
(a) inspect and make copies of any statement of accounts prepared by a local government body pursuant to regulations under Article 24;
(b) inspect and make copies of any report (other than an immediate report) made to the body by a local government auditor;
(c) require copies of any such statement or report to be delivered to him on payment of a reasonable sum for each copy.
(2) A document which a person is entitled to inspect under this Article may be inspected at all reasonable times and without payment.
(3) A person who has the custody of any such document and—
(a) obstructs a person in the exercise of a right under this Article to inspect or make copies of the document, or
(b) refuses to give copies of the document to a person entitled under this Article to obtain them,
is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.
(4) References in this Article to copies of a document include references to any part of it.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2005/0110491025/article/16 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-local-government-northern-ireland-order-2005/article-16
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