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Power to assign officers in relation to requisitions of the registration officer.

Power to pay expenses properly incurred by electoral registration officers.

2. Power to authorise officers

40. Power to appoint officers for particular purposes (appointment of "proper officers").

This Section includes functions which the Council can choose to set as Executive or Non-Executive Functions. The Council is required to set out where there are delegations of Council functions to Committees and officers. Where the delegation is to be exercised by a Committee/Officer, the matters reserved to the Committee are specified in the relevant Committee’s functions and terms of reference set out in Part E Section xxx of this constitution.

(a) Making arrangements for the discharge of Council functions by a Committee or officer under section 101(5) of the Local Government Act 1972; and (b) Making appointments under section 102 (appointment of Committees) of the 1972 Act (c) Agreeing and/or amending terms of reference for Committees/Sub-Committees, deciding on their composition and making appointments to them, subject to any delegations to Committees and/or officers as set out in this Constitution.

26. Discharge of Functions Arranging for the discharge of any other function of the authority which is not an executive matter 27. Subject to any matters delegated to Committees/Sub-Committees or officers, determining all local choice functions as described in Part C of this Constitution which the Council decides should be undertaken by itself rather than the Executive.

(f) to receive reports and recommendations of Committees or officers and to make any decisions necessarily arising;

Regulations require that decision-making Members of the Council or Committee are physically present in the meeting location. Key officers must also attend in person.

Where technology is available other officers may attend remotely. Public/other participants are encouraged to attend in person but it is their choice and they can attend remotely should they so wish. However, technical problems are the responsibility of the participant and the meeting may have to proceed without their contribution if the connection fails.