Article 2 Constituency returning officers

(1)

For the purposes of paragraph (a) of section 29(3) of the 1983 Act, as applied by article 18 of the 1999 Order^f1–

(a)

the services of a constituency returning officer which are of a kind described in paragraphs 1(1) and 2(1) of Part A of the Schedule to this Order (hereafter referred to as “services specified in Part A of the Schedule”); and

(b)

the expenses of a constituency returning officer which are of a kind described in paragraphs 1(1), 2(1), 3(1), 4(1) and 5 of Part B of the Schedule to this Order (hereafter referred to as “expenses specified in Part B of the Schedule”) and expenses of a kind described in Part C of the Schedule to this Order,

are hereby specified.

(2)

The maximum recoverable amounts by a constituency returning officer at a contested election in respect of the services specified in Part A of the Schedule or the expenses specified in Part B of the Schedule are hereby specified as–

(a)

in the case of a general election, the amounts set out in column 2 of those Parts; and

(b)

in the case of a by-election, the amounts set out in column 3 of those Parts,

in respect of each entry set out opposite thereto in column 1 of those Parts.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: Section 29(3) as so applied, provides that a returning officer is entitled to recover his charges in respect of services properly rendered or expenses properly incurred for or in connection with an election for membership of the Scottish Parliament if the services or expenses are of a kind specified in an order made under that provision and the charges are reasonable and that any reference to a returning officer is to be construed as a reference to a constituency returning officer and a regional returning officer.