# The Scottish Independence Referendum (Chief Counting Officer and Counting Officer Charges and Expenses) Order 2015, Article 8: Counting officers: maximum recoverable amount for specified expenses


(1) The total of the expenses recoverable by a counting officer in respect of the specified expenses for the referendum cannot exceed the amount listed for each local government area in column 3 of the table in the Schedule to this Order.
(2) The specified expenses are—
(a) the appointment and payment of persons to assist the counting officer;
(b) travel and overnight subsistence for the counting officer and any person appointed to assist the counting officer;
(c) printing or otherwise producing the ballot paper;
(d) printing, producing or purchasing stationery to be used for or in connection with postal voting;
(e) printing or otherwise producing and arranging for the delivery of the poll cards required by rule 11 of schedule 3 to the Scottish Independence Referendum Act 2013;
(f) printing or otherwise producing and, where appropriate, publishing notices, lists and any other documents required for, or in connection with, the referendum;
(g) renting, heating, lighting, cleaning, adapting or restoring any building or room;
(h) providing and transporting equipment;
(i) providing information and communications technology equipment and software and associated costs;
(j) providing security, including any necessary storage of ballot boxes, ballot papers, postal voting statements and documents used to verify personal identifiers on postal voting statements;
(k) conducting the verification of personal identifiers on postal voting statements and the count (including counting and recording the number of ballot papers, counting the votes and any recount);
(l) providing and receiving training; and
(m) providing stationery and meeting postage, telephone, printing, translation and banking costs and the costs of other miscellaneous items.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2015/368/article/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/scottish-independence-referendum-chief-counting-officer-and-counting-officer-charges-and-expenses-order-2015/article-8
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