Appendix 5 - Deputy Chief Executive TOR Responsibility for Function

Committee report · Full Council · Tue 13 Oct 2026 · East Sussex County Council · agenda item 6 · the whole meeting

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This document sets out the Deputy Chief Executive's delegated powers, including acting as the Council's chief legal adviser and instituting or defending legal proceedings on the County Council's behalf. p1 p2

It states that the Deputy Chief Executive has been designated as the Monitoring Officer under the Local Government and Housing Act 1989. p44

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p1F Deputy Chief Executive 1. (a) To perform the role of Solicitor to the Council and, as such, to be its chief legal adviser.
p2(b) To institute, defend and carry on legal proceedings to protect the County Council's interest or to implement a decision made by it or on its behalf or for the recovery of any debt or sum due to it and to negotiate and settle claims.
p44(i) The Deputy Chief Executive has been designated as the Monitoring Officer under the Local Government and Housing Act 1989.

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