You are personally liable for the conduct of the PCC election relating to your role and duties. Where polls are combined you are personally liable for the functions that fall to you as PARO.
You may appoint one or more deputies to assist you in delivering the election, and you should take steps to put the arrangements you identify as appropriate in place at an early stage in the process.1
As a minimum you should ensure that you appoint one or more deputies to assume your role in case you are unable to act personally as PARO.
You should ensure that any deputies appointed have the skills and knowledge required to carry out the functions that they have been assigned. You must make any appointment of a deputy in writing and should include details of the functions that the deputy is authorised to exercise on your behalf.2
The deputy’s acceptance should also be given in writing.
While you can appoint one or more deputies to discharge any or all of your functions, you cannot delegate your personal responsibility for the conduct of the election or any aspects of it that you are responsible for delivering.
1. Regulation 5(1) Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Functions of Returning Officers) Regulations 2012 (PCCER 2012)↩ Back to content at footnote 1