Article 2

(1)

For the purposes of paragraph (a) of section 29(3) of the Representation of the People Act 1983, as applied by article 6 of, and Schedule 2 to, the Northern Ireland Negotiations (Referendum) Order 1998 (which provides that the counting officer is entitled to recover his charges in respect of services properly rendered or expenses properly incurred for or in connection with the referendum if the services or expenses are of a kind specified in an order made under that provision and the charges are reasonable), expenses of a kind described in paragraphs 1(1), 2(1), 3(1) and 4(1) of Part A of the Schedule to this Order (hereafter referred to as “expenses specified in Part A of the Schedule”) and expenses of a kind described in Part B of the Schedule to this Order, are hereby specified.

(2)

The maximum recoverable amounts at the referendum in respect of the expenses specified in Part A of the Schedule are hereby specified as the amounts set out in the right-hand column of that Part in respect of each entry set out opposite thereto in the left-hand column of that Part.

(3)

In this Order—

(a)

the referendum means the referendum held under the Northern Ireland Negotiations (Referendum) Order 1998, and

(b)

any reference to the register of electors is to the register of electors used at the referendum and to that register as first published.