# The National Assembly for Wales (Returning Officers' Charges) Order 1999, Paragraph 1: Services of constituency returning officer other than issue and receipt of postal ballot papers


(1) This paragraph makes provision for a constituency returning officer’s services in conducting an Assembly election and discharging his duties (except those specified services in paragraph 2(1)) in connection therewith.
(2) Subject to sub-paragraphs (3) to (6), the maximum recoverable amount at an Assembly election for the specified services in sub-paragraph (1) is £1,605.76.
(3) The amount mentioned in sub-paragraph (2) is increased by £6.23 for every 1,000 entries, or fraction thereof, in excess of 60,000–
(a) in the case of a constituency election, in the register of electors, or
(b) in the case of a regional election, in that part of the register of electors used in the Assembly constituency at the election.
(4) At an ordinary election the amount mentioned in sub-paragraph (2) is increased by £836.61 where in relation to an Assembly constituency there are polls at a constituency election and at a regional election.
(5) The amount mentioned in sub-paragraph (2) is increased by £278.87 where the poll at an Assembly election is combined with the poll at a local government election under article 14(1) or (2) of the 1999 Order.
(6) Where at an ordinary election a person is returning officer at more than three constituency elections the amount mentioned in sub-paragraph (2) is reduced–
(a) by £253.23 for each such election exceeding three but not exceeding six, and
(b) by £374.83 for each such election exceeding six.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/942/schedule/paragraph/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/national-assembly-for-wales-returning-officers-charges-order-1999/schedule/paragraph-1
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