Appointment to this position is confirmed in the Council's Scheme of Delegation under Section 1 - currently this is to the Chief Executive and Strategy Director or his/her nominated deputy

This also needs to be confirmed by letter to the individual - Ian Sumnall. This is retained on their HR file

The Deputy also needs to have a confirmation letter - this is currently the Head of Democratic Services, Liz Futcher and a copy is on her HR file

Appointment to this position is confirmed in the Council's Scheme of Delegation under Section 1 - currently this is the Chief Executive and Strategy Director or his/her named nominated deputy

This also needs to be confirmed by letter to the individual - Ian Sumnall. This is retained on their HR file

The Deputy also needs to have a confirmation letter - this is currently the Head of Democratic Services, Liz Futcher and a copy is on her HR file

This authority covers all District and Parish elections and polls held within the Arun District

The County Returning Officer is appointed by West Sussex County Council

The County Returning Officer will then appoint deputies across West Sussex, usually based on the District Council arrangements

Ian Sumnall was appointed Deputy County Returning Officer at the County Council Elections held on 5 May 2005 - the original is retained in the election file for that date

The position of Acting Returning Officer is defined in the Representation of the People Act 1983 and appointments are confirmed by statute

The latest statute is SI 2878 2007 which designates Arun as the District of which the Registration Officer will act as Returning Officer for the Bognor Regis and Littlehampton Constituency. This also defines the local Returning Officer for the neighbouring constituencies which are partly in the Arun District, currently:

Whoever is the Electoral Registration Officer and Returning Officer for the District shall then be the Acting Returning Officer

The position of Regional Returning Officer for each of the European Regions will be confirmed by statute - Arun is covered within the South East Region. These appointments are confirmed at each election

For the 2009 elections, the Local Returning Officer for the Southampton, Test Constituency has been appointed as Regional Returning Officer (RRO) [he works from Southampton City Council]

Under the European Parliamentary Elections Regulations 2004, the RRO may give any local authority officer for a local counting area directions to discharge his functions

For 2009, the RRO has given an indication of the level of responsibility he will be directing to the Local Returning Officer (LRO) who will be the Returning Officer for the local authority area or constituency. It is likely that this responsibility will be for the whole Arun District.