# The Scottish Parliamentary Elections (Returning Officers' Charges) Order 1999, 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–
(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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/1094/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/scottish-parliamentary-elections-returning-officers-charges-order-1999/article-2
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