# The Parliamentary Elections (Returning Officers' Charges) Order 2005, Paragraph 1


(1) This paragraph makes provision for a returning officer’s expenses in respect of the payment of presiding officers at polling stations, including expenses incurred in respect of a person who takes over the duties of a presiding officer on polling day due to the incapacity of the previously appointed presiding officer.
(2) Subject to sub-paragraphs (3) to (7) the maximum recoverable amount for the expenses specified in sub-paragraph (1) in respect of the presiding officer at each polling station is £175.00.
(3) Where a polling station is in a constituency which is wholly contained in a London borough, the maximum recoverable amount is increased by £95.00.
(4) Where a polling station is in a constituency adjacent to a London borough, the maximum recoverable amount is increased by £30.00.
(5) Where, at a polling place there is more than one polling station, the maximum recoverable amount in respect of one only of the presiding officers at the polling stations at such a polling place is increased by £8.50.
(6) Where there are combined polls at a polling station, the maximum recoverable amount is increased by £40.00.
(7) Where a presiding officer receives training (including a presiding officer who owing to incapacity or any other reason does not discharge the duties of presiding officer on polling day), the maximum recoverable amount is increased by £40.00.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/780/schedule/part/B/paragraph/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/parliamentary-elections-returning-officers-charges-order-2005/schedule/part-B/paragraph-1
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