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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/parliamentary-elections-returning-officers-charges-order-2005/schedule/part-B/paragraph-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/parliamentary-elections-returning-officers-charges-order-2005/schedule/part-B/paragraph-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2005/780",
  "legislation_title": "The Parliamentary Elections (Returning Officers' Charges) Order 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/parliamentary-elections-returning-officers-charges-order-2005",
  "path": "schedule/part/B/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) This paragraph makes provision for a returning officer’s expenses in respect of the payment of persons employed in connection with—\n(a) the preparation, revision and issue of the official poll cards;\n(b) the count;\n(c) any other clerical or other assistance for the purposes of the election; and\n(d) the preparation, issue and receipt of postal ballot papers.\n(2) Subject to sub-paragraphs (4) and (5), the maximum recoverable amount for the expenses specified in sub-paragraph (1)(a) to (c), is £8,000.00.\n(3) Subject to sub-paragraph (5), the maximum recoverable amount for the expenses specified in sub-paragraph (1)(d) is £60 for every 100, or fraction thereof, postal ballot papers issued.\n(4) For each recount of the votes ordered by the returning officer, the maximum recoverable amount is increased by £500.00.\n(5) Where there are combined polls for the conduct of which the returning officer is responsible, the maximum recoverable amount determined under sub-paragraphs (2) and (3) shall be increased by 15%.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/780/schedule/part/B/paragraph/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:02:29.367674+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}