{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/recall-petition-petition-officers-charges-northern-ireland-regulations-2018/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2018/1041",
  "legislation_title": "The Recall Petition (Petition Officer’s Charges) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/recall-petition-petition-officers-charges-northern-ireland-regulations-2018",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations prescribe the maximum amounts which the petition officer (the Chief Electoral Officer) in Northern Ireland may recover in respect of services rendered, or expenses incurred, under the Recall of MPs Act (“the Act”) in respect of a recall petition.\nUnder paragraph 3(1) of the Schedule 1 to the Act a petition officer may recover their charges for services, or expenses in respect of a recall petition, where these are necessarily incurred, for the effective and efficient performance of that officer’s functions in respect of that petition. Those charges must not exceed the amount specified in, or determined in accordance with, Regulations made by the Minister, with the consent of the Treasury.\nRegulation 2 together with Schedule 1, specifies the maximum recoverable amounts for the kinds of specified services which the petition officer is entitled to recover.\nRegulation 3 together with Schedule 2, specifies the maximum recoverable amounts for the kinds of specified expenses which the petition officer is entitled to recover.\nRegulation 4 sets out the overall maximum recoverable amount for the purposes of paragraph 3(1)(b) of Schedule 1 to the Act.\nAn impact assessment has not been prepared for this instrument as no impact on the private, voluntary or public sectors is foreseen.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/1041/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:53:44.952741+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."
}