Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends Article 3 and Part II of the Schedule to the National Assembly for Wales (Returning Officers' Charges) Order 2002 (“the 2002 Order”), which came into force on 1st January 2003.
Under Article 21(1) of the National Assembly for Wales (Representation of the People) Order 2003 (“the 2003 Order”) the entitlement of a returning officer at an election to the National Assembly for Wales to recover charges in respect of that person’s services or expenses for, or in connection, with such an election depend upon —
the services or expenses being of a kind specified in an Order under that provision,
the services being properly rendered and the expenses being properly incurred, and
the charges in respect of them being reasonable.
This Order is made under Article 21(1) and (2) of the 2003 Order.
A new Paragraph 6A is inserted into Part II of the Schedule, to the 2002 Order, and allows payment to be made to a returning officer in respect of training presiding officers for polling duties on election day.