Appointment of Electoral Registration Officer and Returning Officer (1-46-44)
Following the recent restructure it is recommended that the Director of Corporate Affairs and Business Transformation be appointed as Electoral Registration Officer (from 1 December 2016) and Returning Officer (from 2 December 2016) in accordance with Sections 8 and 35 of the Representation of the People Act 1983.
Note: the 2017 Electoral Register will be published on 1 December 2016 and there is a possibility that there will be Parish Elections on 1 December 2016 in which the current Returning Officer is already involved).
Minutes:
The Council had before it a recommendation regarding the appointment of a new Electoral Registration Officer and Returning Officer.
The Chairman MOVED,
That the Director of Corporate Affairs and Business Transformation be appointed as Electoral Registration Officer (from 1 December 2016) and Returning officer (from 2 December 2016 in accordance with Sections 8 and 35 of the Representation of the People Act 1983.
Upon a vote being taken, the MOTION was declared to have been CARRIED.