Schedule 2 Maximum recoverable amount for specified expensesI1
England, Wales and Scotland
(1) Specified expense | (2) Maximum recoverable amount | (3) Maximum recoverable amount: constituency wholly or partly in the Greater London area | (4) Maximum recoverable amount: constituency bordering the Greater London area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Printing and producing the petition signing sheets | £3,669.65 | £4,587.06 | £4,403.58 |
| Printing and producing the official petition notices and costs associated with their issue | £50,417.81 | £63,022.27 | £60, 501.38 |
| Printing / producing the postal signing sheets and costs associated with their issue and return | £38,342.06 | £47,927.57 | £46,010.47 |
| Office equipment and software in relation to the count and verification | £300.00 | £375.00 | £360.00 |
| F1Renting, heating, lighting and cleaning any building or room | £9,932.50 per designated signing place | £12,415.62 per designated signing place | £11,918.99 per designated signing place |
| Delivery of training and associated costs | £400.00 | £500.00 | £480.00 |
| The payment of persons employed as petition clerks, or assistants of such clerks, or persons employed in relation to the count, who attend training for those purposes | £30.00 per petition clerk / assistant whose primary duties are in connection with a petition signing place | £37.50 per petition clerk / assistant whose primary duties are in connection with a petition signing place | £36.00 per petition clerk / assistant whose primary duties are in connection with a petition signing place |
Taken together– (a) printing or otherwise producing and, where appropriate, publishing notices and any other documents required by or under any enactment for or in connection with the recall petition; (b) providing and transporting ballot boxes, petition signing sheets and other materials and equipment needed for administration of the recall petition; (c) providing security, including secure storage of ballot boxes, petition signing sheets and other materials and equipment needed for the administration of the recall petition; (d) providing stationery and meeting postage, telephone, printing, translation and banking costs and the costs of other miscellaneous items; (e) adapting or restoring to normal use any room or building designated as a petition signing place, including transportation costs for temporary adaptations that cannot be securely stored in the building or room overnight; (f) travel and overnight subsistence for the petition officer and any person appointed to assist the petition officer. | £1,333.50 | £1,666.88 | £1,600.20 |
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Words in Sch. 2 Table substituted (18.4.2024) by The Recall Petition (Petition Officers’ Charges) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/525), regs. 1(1), 2(2)
Commencement
- I1
Sch. 2 in force at 6.3.2024, see reg. 1(1)