# The Senedd Cymru (Returning Officers’ Accounts) Order 2026, Article 7: Requests for charges in excess of maximum amounts


(1) If a returning officer submits accounts under article 3 and requests payment for charges in excess of the maximum amounts, the returning officer must also submit to the Welsh Ministers—
(a) the reasons for the request of additional payments, and
(b) a detailed record of the charges in excess of the maximum amounts.
(2) Where the payment of charges in excess of the maximum amounts has been authorised, the returning officer must submit to the Welsh Ministers a complete account within the period of 4 months beginning with the day of the Senedd election to which the account relates.
(3) In this article, “maximum amounts” means the maximum amounts in respect of each Senedd constituency, as set out in article 3 of, and column 4 of the table in the Schedule to, the Senedd Cymru (Returning Officers’ Charges) Order 2026.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2026/77/article/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/senedd-cymru-returning-officers-accounts-order-2026/article-7
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