# The Northern Ireland Assembly Elections (Returning Officer’s Charges) Order 2022 S.I. 2022/373 · made 22 March 2022 Section 29(3) of the Representation of the People Act 1983 (c. 2), as applied to Northern Ireland Assembly elections by the Northern Ireland Assembly (Elections) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/2599), enables the Secretary of State to specify in an Order the overall maximum recoverable amount that the returning officer may recover in respect of services rendered, or expenses incurred, for or in connection with an Assembly election. Made under: Representation of the People Act 1983 (Section 29) PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-assembly-elections-returning-officers-charges-order-2022/pdf/uksi_20220373_en.pdf ## Introductory text Representation Of The People, Northern Ireland Made 22nd March 2022 Coming into force 23rd March 2022 The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 29(3) and (4C) of the Representation of the People Act 1983, as applied to Northern Ireland Assembly elections by article 3(1) of, and Schedule 1 to, the Northern Ireland Assembly Elections Order 2001 makes the following Order: ## 1 Citation, commencement and extent (1) This Order may be cited as the Northern Ireland Assembly Elections (Returning Officer’s Charges) Order 2022. (2) It comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made. (3) It extends to Northern Ireland only. ## 2 Overall maximum recoverable amount For the purposes of section 29(3) of the Representation of the People Act 1983, as applied to Northern Ireland Assembly elections by article 3(1) of, and Schedule 1 to, the Northern Ireland Assembly (Elections) Order 2001, the amount specified as the overall maximum recoverable amount at— (a) an uncontested Assembly election in a constituency is £1,750.00; and (b) a contested Assembly election in a constituency is the amount specified in respect of that constituency in the table in the Schedule. ## 3 Revocation The Northern Ireland Assembly Elections (Returning Officer’s Charges) Order 2016 is revoked. ## Signature Conor Burns Minister of State Northern Ireland Office 22nd March 2022 ## Overall maximum recoverable amount for each constituency Table Constituency Overall maximum recoverable amount Belfast East £224,467.00 Belfast North £242,953.00 Belfast South £235,031.00 Belfast West £220,066.00 East Antrim £216,985.00 East Londonderry £233,710.00 Fermanagh and South Tyrone £252,636.00 Foyle £247,354.00 Lagan Valley £261,438.00 Mid Ulster £240,312.00 Newry and Armagh £279,044.00 North Antrim £262,759.00 North Down £224,907.00 South Antrim £246,474.00 South Down £269,361.00 Strangford £227,108.00 Upper Bann £292,248.00 West Tyrone £223,147.00 ## Explanatory note (This note is not part of the Order) Section 29(3) of the Representation of the People Act 1983 (c. 2), as applied to Northern Ireland Assembly elections by the Northern Ireland Assembly (Elections) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/2599), enables the Secretary of State to specify in an Order the overall maximum recoverable amount that the returning officer may recover in respect of services rendered, or expenses incurred, for or in connection with an Assembly election. This Order specifies those amounts in respect of each constituency in Northern Ireland. Five members of the Assembly are returned for each of the 18 Parliamentary constituencies in Northern Ireland. At an uncontested election in any constituency the amount is £1750.00. At a contested election, the amount for each constituency is set out in the table in the Schedule to the Order. The amounts for contested elections are increased by an average of 14.5% compared to the amounts specified in the Northern Ireland Assembly Elections (Returning Officer’s Charges) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/473) (the “2016 Order”). The amount for uncontested elections remains the same. This Order also revokes the 2016 Order. A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen. --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2022/373 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-assembly-elections-returning-officers-charges-order-2022 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.