{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/combined-authorities-mayoral-elections-order-2017/schedule-5/paragraph-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/combined-authorities-mayoral-elections-order-2017/schedule-5/paragraph-8.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2017/67",
  "legislation_title": "The Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) Order 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/combined-authorities-mayoral-elections-order-2017",
  "path": "schedule/5/paragraph/8",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Each candidate by whom an election address is submitted to the CA/CCA returning officer for inclusion in the election booklet shall pay to the CA/CCA returning officer such reasonable sum (which shall be the same for each such candidate) as the CA/CCA returning officer may determine by way of contribution towards the expenses incurred by him in respect of the printing of the election booklet.\n(2) The payment required by sub-paragraph (1) shall be made at such time, and in such manner, as the CA/CCA returning officer may determine.\n(3) A candidate shall be entitled to a full refund of any such payment if, but only if, the candidate has given notice of withdrawal of their candidature before the last time for the withdrawal of candidates.\n(4) If the total amount of the payments made by candidates under this paragraph exceeds the total amount of the expenses incurred by the CA/CCA returning officer in respect of the printing of the election booklet, the CA/CCA returning officer shall—\n(a) divide the amount of the excess between those candidates in equal shares, and\n(b) send to each of those candidates a payment in respect of his share.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in Sch. 5 paras. 6-9 substituted (7.2.2024) by The Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) Order 2017 (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/131), regs. 1(3), 14(5)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/67/schedule/5/paragraph/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:16:02.009858+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}