S.I. No. 622/2003 -- Local Government (Audit Fees) Regulations 2003

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S.I. No. 622 of 2003

LOCAL GOVERNMENT (AUDIT FEES) REGULATIONS 2003

S.I. No. 622 of 2003

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

(AUDIT FEES) REGULATIONS 2003

The Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 125 of the Local Government Act 2001 hereby orders as follows, this is to say:-

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Local Government (Audit Fees) Regulations 2003.

2. In these Regulations-

“Code of Audit Practice” has the meaning assigned to it by section 117 of the Local Government Act 2001 ;

“consumer price index number” means the All Items Consumer Price Index Number complied by the Central Statistics Office and references to the consumer price index number relevant to any financial year are references to the consumer price index number relevant to the month of December of that local financial year;

“local authority or other body” are those bodies subject to audit by the Local Government Audit Service as set out in Appendix A of the Code of Audit Practice;

“local financial year” has the meaning assigned to it by section 96 of the Local Government Act 2001 ;

3. The audit fee payable in respect of the audit by a local government auditor of the accounts for the local financial year ended 31 December, 2002 of a local authority or other body shall be the amount specified in Column 2 of the Schedule to these Regulations opposite the name of such local authority or other body specified in Column 1 of the said Schedule (in these Regulations referred to as the relevant 2002 audit fee).

4. The audit fee payable by a local authority or other body in respect of the audit of accounts for each local financial year subsequent to the local financial year ended on 31 December, 2002 shall be such an amount as determined by multiplying the relevant 2002 audit fee by the quotient, to the nearest whole number, obtained by dividing the consumer price index number relevant to such local financial year by the consumer price index number relevant to the local financial year 2002.

Schedule

Column 1	Column 2
Name of Body	Audit fee for year ended 31 December, 2002
	€
Country Councils
Carlow	25,130
Cavan	32,665
Clare	32,665
Cork	108,045
Donegal	37,705
Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown	70,295
Fingal	70,295
Galway	47,760
Kerry	37,705
Kildare	32,665
Kilkenny	32,665
Laois	32,665
Leitrim	26,505
Limerick	32,665
Longford	25,130
Louth	25,130
Mayo	37,705
Meath	32,665
Monaghan	32,665
Offaly	32,665
Roscommon	32,665
Sligo	32,665
South Dublin	70,295
North Tipperary	32,665
South Tipperary	32,665
Waterford	32,665
Westmeath	32,665
Wexford	32,665
Wicklow	32,665
City Councils
Cork	75,395
Dublin	191,010
Galway	35,185
Limerick	35,185
Waterford	30,160
Borough Councils
Clonmel	12,565
Drogheda	15,080
Kilkenny	12,565
Sligo	15,105
Wexford	10,055
Town Councils
Arklow	8,560
Athlone	12,590
Athy	5,025
Ballina	7,615
Ballinasloe	7,535
Birr	5,025
Bray	12,590
Buncrana	5,025
Bundoran	4,040
Carlow	10,055
Carrick-on-Suir	5,025
Carrickmacross	7,535
Cashel	2,525
Castlebar	10,055
Castleblaney	7,535
Cavan	7,535
Clonakilty	3,515
Clones	7,315
Cobh	7,535
Dundalk	17,600
Dungarvan	7,535
Ennis	10,055
Enniscorthy	7,535
Fermoy	5,025
Kells	5,025
Killarney	7,535
Kilrush	5,025
Kinsale	5,025
Letterkenny	7,535
Listowel	2,745
Longford	5,025
Macroom	3,520
Mallow	7,535
Midleton	4,040
Monaghan	10,055
Naas	10,055
Navan	7,535
Nenagh	7,535
New Ross	7,535
Skibbereen	3,520
Templemore	2,520
Thurles	7,535
Tipperary	7,535
Tralee	10,055
Trim	5,025
Tullamore	7,535
Westport	5,025
Wicklow	7,535
Youghal	7,535
Ardee	2,335
Balbriggan	2,335
Ballybay	935
Ballyshannon	935
Bandon	750
Bantry	1,040
Belturbet	1,400
Boyle	935
Cootehill	1,400
Droichead Nua	1,400
Edenderry	935
Gorey	1,400
Grandard	935
Greystones	935
Kilkee	935
Leixlip	935
Lismore	240
Loughrea	460
Muine Beag	935
Mountmellick	935
Mullingar	2,345
Passage West	720
Portlaoise	1,400
Shannon	935
Tramore	460
Tuam	1,855
Joint Burial Boards
Dundalk	1,410
Portarlington	440
Dungar	440
Rathdrum & Wicklow	890
Youghal	440
St. Stephen's	440
Joint Drainage Boards
Ballinamore/Ballyconnell	440
Ballinahown	440
Barrow	1,460
Black River	440
Borris-in-Ossary	440
Bunkey	440
Burrin	440
Clodiagh	440
Curragha	440
Drumcliffe	440
Fergus	440
Garristown and Devlin	440
Goul	440
Kilbride	440
Lerr	440
Lough Oughter, Gowna and River Erne	440
Parsontown	440
Shinrone	440
Suck	890
Rynn and Blackriver	440
Miscellaneous Bodies
An Bord Altranais	7,065
Dental Council	2,360
Lough Corrib Navigation Trustees	935
Local Government Computer Services Board	9,400
Local Government Management Services Board	6,195
County Tipperary Joint Library Committee	2,305
An Comhairle Leabharlanna	2,305
General Council of County Councils	2,195
Association of Municipal Authorities of Ireland	1,600
Dublin Tourism Organisation	3,920
Midland East Regional Tourism Organisation	2,795
North-West Regional Tourism Organisation	2,795
South-Eastern Regional Tourism Organisation	2,795
South West Regional Tourism Organisation	2,795
Western Regional Tourism Organisation	2,795
Department of Education Endowed Schools	2,345
The Border Regional Authority	2,225
The Dublin Regional Authority	2,225
The Mid-East Regional Authority	2,225
The Mid-West Regional Authority	2,225
The Midland Regional Authority	2,225
The South East Regional Authority	2,225
The South West Regional Authority	2,225
The Western Regional Authority	2,225
The Southern and Eastern Regional Assembly	2,665
The Border, Midland and Western Regional Assembly	2,665
Harbour Authorities
Arklow Harbour Commissioners	2,235
Baltimore & Skibbereen Harbour Commissioners	465
Bantry Bay Harbour Commissioners	635
Dingle Harbour Commissioners	465
Dundalk Harbour Commissioners	4,360
Dundalk Pilotage Authority	440
Kilrush Harbour Commissioners	465
Kinsale Harbour Commissioners	1,410
Sligo Harbour Commissioners	940
Sligo Pilotage Authority	290
Tralee & Fenit Pier & Harbour Commissioners	2,345
Wexford Harbour Commissioners	465
Youghal Harbour Commissioners	465

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, this 19th day of November, 2003.

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Martin Cullen,

____________________________

Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation)

The purpose of these Regulations is to prescribe the audit fees to be paid by local authorities and other bodies in respect of the audit of their accounts for the year ended 31/12/02 and following years.

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