Notice of the appointment of external auditor

Local Audit and Accountability Act (2014)

Local Audit (Appointing Person) Regulation 2015

The Council (at its meeting on 22 February 2017) approved the proposal for the Authority to ‘opt in’ to the Sector Led Body, Public Sector Auditor Appointments (PSAA) as the means through which Trafford Council’s new external auditors would be procured for the financial year 2018/19.

Under Regulation 13 of the Local Audit (Appointing Person) Regulation 2015, an appointment has been made by PSAA as the appointing person which was approved by the PSAA Board in December 2017.

Pursuant to this process, Mazars LLP have been appointed as the external auditors to Trafford Council for the period 2018/19 to 2022/23.