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The National Assembly for Wales Referendum (Assembly Act Provisions) (Counting Officers' Charges) Order 2010

W.S.I. 2010/3000 · Made 15 December 2010

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DEVOLUTION, WALES

REFERENDUMS, WALES

REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE, WALES

Made 15 December 2010

Coming into force in accordance with article 1(2)

The Welsh Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by article 13(1)(b), (2) and (6) of the National Assembly for Wales Referendum (Assembly Act Provisions) (Referendum Question, Date of Referendum Etc.) Order 2010f1, make the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

S.I. 2010/2837.

Contents

  1. 1Title, application and commencement
  2. 2Overall maximum recoverable amount
  3. 3Maximum recoverable amount for specified services
  4. 4Maximum recoverable amount for specified services
  5. 5Maximum recoverable amount for specified expenses
  6. 6Maximum recoverable amount for specified expenses
  7. Signature
  8. Schedule Overall maximum recoverable amounts and maximum recoverable amounts for the specified services and the specified expenses for voting areas
  9. Explanatory note

1Title, application and commencement

(1)

The title of this Order is the National Assembly for Wales Referendum (Assembly Act Provisions) (Counting Officers' Charges) Order 2010.

(2)

This Order comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

(3)

This Order applies in relation to Wales.

2Overall maximum recoverable amount

The overall maximum recoverable amount for each voting areaf1 is the amount listed in column 4 of the Table in the Schedule.

3Maximum recoverable amount for specified services

The total of the charges recoverable by a counting officerf1 in respect of the services of the description specified in article 4 must not exceed the amount listed for each voting area in column 2 of the Table in the Schedule.

4Maximum recoverable amount for specified services

The specified services are—

(a)

making arrangements for the referendumf1;

(b)

discharging the counting officer’s duties in respect of the referendum; and

(c)

conducting the referendum .

5Maximum recoverable amount for specified expenses

The total of the charges recoverable by a counting officer in respect of the expenses of the description specified in article 6 must not exceed the amount listed for each voting area in column 3 of the Table in the Schedule.

6Maximum recoverable amount for specified expenses

The specified expenses are—

(a)

the appointment and payment of persons to assist the counting officer (including persons referred to in section 128(4) of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000)f1;

(b)

travel and subsistence for the counting officer and any person referred to in paragraph (a);

(c)

printing or production of ballot papers;

(d)

printing and delivery of postal voting documents (including the postal ballot paper, postal voting statement, ballot paper envelope and covering envelope)f2;

(e)

printing and delivery of poll cards;

(f)

printing and publishing notices and documents for or in connection with the referendum;

(g)

renting, heating, lighting, cleaning, adapting or restoring (including making good any damage done to) any building or room;

(h)

providing and transporting equipment necessary for the conduct of the referendum;

(i)

providing information and communications technology equipment and software and associated costs;

(j)

providing security and storage of ballot boxes, ballot papers and other documents for or in connection with the referendum;

(k)

conducting the verification and the count (including any re-count) ;

(l)

providing and receiving training;

(m)

stationery, postage and delivery, telephone, printing, translation, banking and miscellaneous costs; and

(n)

the supply of copies of (or of parts of) the register for use in the conduct of the referendum.

Signature

Carwyn Jones

First Minister, one of the Welsh Ministers

15 December 2010

Overall maximum recoverable amounts and maximum recoverable amounts for the specified services and the specified expenses for voting areas

(1)(2)(3)(4)
Voting areaMaximum recoverable amount for the specified servicesMaximum recoverable amount for the specified expensesOverall maximum recoverable amount
Blaenau Gwent£2,527£118,317£120,844
Bridgend£4,959£171,286£176,245
Caerphilly£6,099£243,839£249,938
Cardiff£11,637£445,764£457,401
Ceredigion£2,825£113,929£116,754
Carmarthenshire£6,285£301,501£307,786
Conwy£4,334£150,944£155,278
Denbighshire£3,538£131,230£134,768
Flintshire£5,493£187,720£193,213
Gwynedd£4,129£192,196£196,325
Isle of Anglesey£2,500£103,421£105,921
Merthyr Tydfil£2,500£106,624£109,124
Monmouthshire£3,334£138,604£141,938
Neath Port Talbot£5,198£234,912£240,110
Newport£4,899£191,942£196,841
Pembrokeshire£4,383£181,347£185,730
Powys£4,892£232,094£236,986
Rhondda Cynon Taff£8,176£326,651£334,827
Swansea£8,736£310,894£319,630
Torfaen£3,321£143,370£146,691
Vale of Glamorgan£4,397£181,943£186,340
Wrexham£4,794£170,547£175,341

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order makes provision about the maximum recoverable amounts for the services and expenses of counting officers in connection with the referendum that is to be held in accordance with the National Assembly for Wales Referendum (Assembly Act Provisions) (Referendum Question, Date of Referendum Etc.) Order 2010 (“the Referendum Order”).

This Order is made under article 13 of the Referendum Order which sets out further provision in respect of the recovery by counting officers of amounts for such services and expenses.

Article 2 of this order specifies the overall maximum recoverable amount for each voting area in column 4 of the Table in the Schedule.

Article 3 of this Order specifies that the total of the amount recoverable by each counting officer in respect of the specified services described in article 4 of this Order must not be more than the amount that is listed for each voting area in column 2 of the Table in the Schedule.

Article 5 of this Order specifies that the total of the amount recoverable by each counting officer in respect of the specified expenses described in article 6 of this Order must not be more than the amount that is listed for each voting area in column 3 of the Table in the Schedule.