{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/returning-officers-charges-order-1991/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/returning-officers-charges-order-1991/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1991/1687",
  "legislation_title": "The Returning Officers' Charges Order 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/returning-officers-charges-order-1991",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order specifies, in relation to England, Wales and Scotland, the services rendered and expenses incurred by a returning officer for the purposes of or in connection with a parliamentary election in respect of which he is entitled to recover his charges. The Schedule to the Order is in three parts—\nPart A prescribes maximum recoverable amounts for services rendered by a returning officer;\nPart B lists expenses incurred by a returning officer in respect of which a maximum recoverable amount is specified; and\nPart C lists expenses in respect of which no maximum recoverable amount is specified.\nThe Order replaces the Returning Officers' Expenses Regulations 1990 (S.I. 1990/691), which ceased to have effect on the coming into force on 22nd July 1991 of the Representation of the People Act 1991.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/1687/note",
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  },
  "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."
}