# Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011, Paragraph 6


(1) In section 36 of the 1983 Act (local authority elections), subsections (4), (5) and (6) apply—
(a) as if a reference to a returning officer included a reference to a counting officer carrying out functions that, but for this Schedule, would be exercisable by a returning officer (“transferred functions”), and
(b) as if, in relation to that counting officer, a reference to expenditure or expenses were to expenditure or expenses in respect of transferred functions.
(2) In fixing a scale under subsection (4) or (5) of that section a local authority may include special provision in respect of expenditure incurred by a counting officer in carrying out transferred functions (including expenditure incurred in respect of the remuneration of presiding officers or clerks).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/1/schedule/5/paragraph/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/parliamentary-voting-system-and-constituencies-act-2011/schedule-5/paragraph-6
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