# The Senedd Cymru (Representation of the People) Order 2025, Paragraph 3: Modification of provisions about expenses in this Order and the 2011 Act

Extent: E+W

(1) Sub-paragraph (2) applies where those functions of a returning officer at an election which are specified in paragraph 2 are discharged by the returning officer at another election under paragraph 1.
(2) References to the returning officer or the returning officer’s charges or expenditure—
(a) in article 23(1) to (5) and (7) to (9) (payments by and to returning officer),
(b) in article 24 (detailed assessment of returning officer’s account),
(c) in section 55(1) to (7), (9) and (10) of the 2011 Act (returning officers: expenditure), and
(d) in section 56 of that Act (taxation of returning officer’s account),
are, to the extent that such functions are discharged in accordance with paragraph 1, to be construed as references to the returning officer who discharges those functions and that returning officer’s charges or expenditure in respect of those functions.
(3) The references in section 55(9) of the 2011 Act to the returning officer or person acting as returning officer requesting an advance in respect of their expenses are, to the extent that those charges relate to the functions specified in paragraph 2, to include a reference to the returning officer who under paragraph 1 discharges those functions at the police and crime commissioner election.
(4) In relation to elections the polls at which are taken together under article 16(1) or (3), the Welsh Ministers may under article 23(1) include special provision—
(a) for services properly rendered, or expenses properly incurred, in respect of the discharge of functions specified in paragraph 2 by the returning officer who discharges those functions by virtue of paragraph 1, and
(b) in respect of the remuneration of presiding officers and clerks in connection with those functions.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2025/864/schedule/4/paragraph/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/senedd-cymru-representation-of-the-people-order-2025/schedule-4/paragraph-3
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