# The Scottish Parliamentary Elections (Returning Officers' Charges) Order 1999, Article 5: Uncontested elections - constituency returning officers


(1) Where the return of regional members at a general election is uncontested, or, as the case may be, the return of constituency members at a general election is uncontested, the maximum recoverable amounts by a constituency returning officer in respect of–
(a) the services specified in Part A of the Schedule; and
(b) the expenses specified in Part B of the Schedule,
are hereby specified as 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.
(2) Where the return of constituency members at a by-election is uncontested, or, as the case may be, where at a general election both the return of regional members and the return of constituency members is uncontested, the maximum recoverable amounts by a constituency returning officer are hereby specified as–
(a) £387.30 in respect of the services specified in Part A of the Schedule; and
(b) £958.69 in respect of the expenses specified in Part B of the Schedule.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/1094/article/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/scottish-parliamentary-elections-returning-officers-charges-order-1999/article-5
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