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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scottish-independence-referendum-chief-counting-officer-and-counting-officer-charges-and-expenses-order-2015/article-5",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2015/368",
  "legislation_title": "The Scottish Independence Referendum (Chief Counting Officer and Counting Officer Charges and Expenses) Order 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scottish-independence-referendum-chief-counting-officer-and-counting-officer-charges-and-expenses-order-2015",
  "path": "article/5",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Chief Counting Officer: maximum recoverable amount for specified expenses",
  "text": "(1) The total of the expenses recoverable by the Chief Counting Officer in respect of the specified expenses for the referendum cannot exceed £484,880.\n(2) The specified expenses are costs associated with—\n(a) the making and management of arrangements for the referendum, including the appointment and payment of persons to assist the Chief Counting Officer;\n(b) printing, producing and disseminating directions, guidance and forms to counting officers;\n(c) the collation of the result of the referendum for the whole of Scotland; and\n(d) communications relating to the referendum and its result.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2015/368/article/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:27:12.217455+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."
}