# The Health Board Elections (Scotland) Regulations 2009, Paragraph 3: Payments to returning officers


(1) The Health Board—
(a) must pay any expenses properly incurred by the returning officer in conducting an election; and
(b) may pay the returning officer an appropriate fee for conducting the election as the Board considers appropriate.
(2) A Health Board may make advance payments on account of expenses which the returning officer considers will be incurred.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2009/352/schedule/paragraph/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/health-board-elections-scotland-regulations-2009/schedule/paragraph-3
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