Article 2 Expenses in respect of which a returning officer at a parliamentary election may recover his charges

(1)

For the purposes of paragraph (a) of section 29(3) of the Representation of the People Act 1983^f1, the expenses a returning officer^f2 is entitled to recover, in respect of expenses properly incurred for or in connection with a parliamentary election are those—

(a)

of a kind specified in paragraphs 1(1), 2(1), 3(1), 4(1), and 5(1) of Part A of the Schedule to this Order; and

(b)

of a kind specified in Part B of the Schedule to this Order.

(2)

The maximum recoverable amount at an uncontested election is hereby specified as £1,123.48 in respect of the expenses specified in Part A of the Schedule.

(3)

In the Schedule to this Order—

(a)

“election” means a parliamentary election;

(b)

“combined poll” refers to the poll at a parliamentary election and the poll at some other election when they are taken together under section 15(1) or (2) of the Representation of the People Act 1985^f3, and

(c)

any reference to the register of electors is to the register of electors used at the election at which the expenses were incurred and to that register as it has effect on the last day for publication of notice of the election.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: Section 29(3) provides that a returning officer is entitled to recover his charges in respect of services properly rendered or expenses properly incurred for or in connection with a parliamentary election if the service or expenses are of a kind specified in an order made under that provision and the charges are reasonable.
f2: The Chief Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland is the returning officer for each constituency in Northern Ireland by virtue of section 26 of the Representation of the People Act 1983.
f3: () 1985 c. 50; this provision was extended so as to apply to Northern Ireland by section 3(1) of the Elections Act 2001 (c. 7).