(1) This Order may be cited as the European Parliamentary Elections (Returning Officers’ Charges) (Great Britain and Gibraltar) Order 2009 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made.
(2) This Order extends to England, Wales, Scotland and Gibraltar.
SourceS.I. 2009/1069
The European Parliamentary Elections (Returning Officers’ Charges) (Great Britain and Gibraltar) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1069)
This Order provides for payments for services and expenses of returning officers in connection with the conduct of European Parliamentary elections in Great Britain and Gibraltar. It replaces the European Parliamentary Elections (Returning Officers’ Charges) (Great Britain and Gibraltar) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/1298). This Order is made under regulation 15(1) of the European Parliamentary Elections Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/293), which was amended by regulation 11 of the European Parliamentary Elections (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/186). Under regulation 15(1) a returning officer may recover his charges for services and expenses provided they were necessarily rendered or incurred for the efficient and effective conduct of the election and the total does not exceed the overall maximum recoverable amount specified by the Secretary of State in an order. Regulation 15(2) also enables the Secretary of State to specify a maximum recoverable amount for particular services or expenses.
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In this Order—
“the 2004 Regulations ” means the European Parliamentary Elections Regulations 2004; and
“electoral region” means a region specified in section 1(2) of, and Schedule 1 to, the European Parliamentary Elections Act 2002 .
The European Parliamentary Elections (Returning Officers’ Charges) (Great Britain and Gibraltar) Order 2004 is revoked.
The overall maximum recoverable amount for each electoral region is listed in column 4 of the table in the Schedule (“overall maximum recoverable amount”).
The total of the charges recoverable by a returning officer in respect of the services of the description specified in article 6 shall not exceed the amount listed for each electoral region in column 2 of the table in the Schedule (“maximum recoverable amount for the specified services”).
The specified services are—
(a) discharging the returning officer’s duties at the election; and
(b) making arrangements for the election.
The total of the charges recoverable by a returning officer in respect of the expenses of the description specified in article 8 shall not exceed the amount listed for each electoral region in column 3 of the table in the Schedule (“maximum recoverable amount for the specified expenses”).
The specified expenses are—
(a) the appointment and payment of persons to assist the returning officer;
(b) travel and overnight subsistence for the returning officer and any person appointed to assist the returning officer;
(c) the costs of the nomination process;
(d) printing or otherwise producing ballot papers;
(e) printing or otherwise producing and, where appropriate, publishing notices required by the 2004 Regulations;
(f) renting, heating, lighting, cleaning, adapting or restoring any building or room;
(g) providing and transporting equipment;
(h) providing security;
(i) conducting the count;
(j) providing training; and
(k) providing stationery and meeting postage, telephone, printing and banking costs and costs of other miscellaneous items.
At an uncontested election—
(a) articles 4 to 8 above do not apply; and
(b) the overall maximum recoverable amount for each electoral region is £350.
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- S.I. 2009/1069
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