Article 3 Expenses of returning officer for which maximum recoverable amounts are specified

(1)

Part A (expenses of returning officer for which maximum recoverable amounts are specified) of the Schedule to the 1998 Order is amended as follows.

(2)

The amounts set out in the right-hand column opposite the entries in the left-hand column specified below shall be substituted as follows^f1—

(a)

in paragraph 1(2) for “£135.00” substitute “£200”;

(b)

in paragraph 2(2) for “£90.00” substitute “£150.00”;

(c)

in paragraph 3(2) for “£1.65” substitute “£1.73”;

(d)

in paragraph 4(2) for “£5,731.36” substitute “£6,001.00”;

(e)

in paragraph 4(3) for “£52.65” substitute “£55.12”;

(f)

in paragraph 4(4) for “£47.81” substitute “£50.06”; and

(g)

in paragraph 5(2)^f2 for “£12,222.22” substitute “£13,136.44”.

(3)

After paragraph 1(3) add—

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Where a presiding officer receives training (including a presiding officer who, owing to incapacity or other reason, does not discharge the duties of presiding officer on polling day) the maximum recoverable amount in respect of that training is

£40.00.

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(4)

After paragraph 2(2) add—

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(3)

Where a poll clerk receives training (including a poll clerk who, owing to incapacity or other reason, does not discharge the duties of a poll clerk on polling day) the maximum recoverable amount in respect of that training is

£40.00.

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(5)

After paragraph 5(2) add—

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(3)

Where a person employed in connection with the count receives training (including count staff who, owing to incapacity or other reason, do not discharge their duties at the count) the maximum recoverable amount in respect of training is

£40.00.

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(6)

After paragraph 5 add—

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(1)

This paragraph makes provision for a returning officer’s expenses in respect of persons employed to provide training in accordance with paragraphs 1(4), 2(3) and 5(3).

(2)

The maximum recoverable amount in respect of each training session is

£150.00.
(3)

The number of training sessions shall not exceed 90.

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The maximum recoverable amount for the returning officer’s expenses in respect of providing training for deputy returning officers appointed under section 14A(1) of the Electoral Law Act (Northern Ireland) 1962^f3 is

£2,094.

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Annotations

Footnotes

f1: The current amounts in the 1998 Order were substituted by the New Northern Ireland Assembly Elections (Returning Officer’s Charges) (Amendment) Order 2003 (S.I.2003/3029).
f2: Paragraph 5 was inserted by article 2(3) of the New Northern Ireland Assembly Elections (Returning Officer’s Charges) (Amendment) Order 2003 (S.I.2003/3029).
f3: 1962 c. 14; section 14A(1) was inserted by the Electoral Law (Northern Ireland) Order 1972 (S.I.1972/1264 (N.I. 13)). It allows the Chief Electoral Officer to appoint persons to assist him. Section 14A(2) authorises him to delegate any of his functions to persons appointed under section 14A(1). Article 5(3) of the 2001 Order provides that section 14A(2) of the 1962 Act shall have effect in relation to the Chief Electoral Officer in his capacity as returning officer for Assembly elections under the 2001 Order.

6 (1) This paragraph makes provision for a returning officer’s expenses in respect of persons employed to provide training in accordance with paragraphs 1(4), 2(3) and 5(3).
(2) The maximum recoverable amount in respect of each training session is	£150.00.
(3) The number of training sessions shall not exceed 90.
7 The maximum recoverable amount for the returning officer’s expenses in respect of providing training for deputy returning officers appointed under section 14A(1) of the Electoral Law Act (Northern Ireland) 1962^f3 is	£2,094.