Article 4 Advances

Subject to paragraph (2), on the counting officer’s request for an advance on account of his charges, the Electoral Commission may, on such terms as the Commission shall think fit, make such an advance to a maximum of 104 pence per elector on the register of electors.

Where either the poll at a Regional Assembly referendum, or the polls at a Regional Assembly referendum and a local government referendum which are combined, is, or are, to be held in combination with another poll pursuant to section 7(1) of the Preparations Act 2003, the advance may not exceed 52 pence per elector on the register of electors.

Where the advance made by the Electoral Commission to a counting officer under paragraph (1) or paragraph (2) is greater than the amount the Electoral Commission determines should be paid to that counting officer under article 3 the difference between the sum advanced and the sum determined shall be refunded by the counting officer to the Commission.

In this article “the register of electors” means the part of the register to be used at the referendum in relation to the voting area for which the counting officer acts, at the date on which the order is made under section 1 of the Preparations Act 2003 causing the Regional Assembly referendum to be held.