Explanatory note

These Regulations revoke and replace the Returning Officers' Expenses (England and Wales) Regulations 1984 and the Returning Officers' Expenses (Scotland) Regulations 1984. They prescribe, in relation to England, Wales and Scotland, a revised scale further increasing the maximum fees in respect of services rendered and the maximum charges in respect of expenses incurred by a returning officer for the purposes of or in connection with a parliamentary election. Separate charges are prescribed in respect of the preparation of poll cards by manual and by non-manual means. The increases over those prescribed in 1984 are between 14 per cent and 18"half" per cent save that the maximum charge prescribed for the presiding officer is increased by 30 per cent.