Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order provides for the charges of the Chief Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland in his capacity as the returning officer at elections to the New Northern Ireland Assembly.
Under section 29(3) of the Representation of the People Act 1983 (as substituted by the Representation of the People Act 1991 and applied by article 3 of, and Schedule 1 to, the New Northern Ireland Assembly (Elections) Order 1998), the entitlement of the returning officer at an Assembly election to recover his charges in respect of his expenses for or in connection with such an election depends upon—
the expenses being of a kind specified in an order under that provision,
the expenses being properly incurred, and
the charges in respect of them being reasonable.
Parts A and B of the Schedule specify the kinds of expenses incurred by a returning officer for or in connection with an Assembly election in respect of which he is entitled to recover his charges, together (in the case of Part A) with the maximum recoverable amounts in respect of those charges.