Article 5 Maximum recoverable amount for specified expenses incurred at a contested Senedd election

(1)

The total amount a returning officer may recover for specified expenses incurred for, or in connection with, a contested Senedd election must not exceed the amount listed for each constituency in column 2 of the table in the Schedule.

(2)

A returning officer may recover specified expenses incurred for, or in connection with—

(a)

the appointment and payment of persons to assist the returning officer;

(b)

travel and overnight subsistence for the returning officer and any person appointed to assist the returning officer;

(c)

the costs of the nomination process;

(d)

printing or otherwise producing the ballot papers;

(e)

printing or otherwise producing or purchasing postal vote stationery;

(f)

printing or otherwise producing, and arranging for the delivery of, poll cards;

(g)

printing or otherwise producing and publishing all election notices and documents;

(h)

renting, heating, lighting, cleaning, adapting or restoring any building or room;

(i)

providing and transporting equipment;

(j)

providing information and communications technology equipment and software and associated costs;

(k)

providing security, including secure storage of ballot boxes, ballot papers and verification documents;

(l)

conducting the verification and the count;

(m)

providing and receiving training;

(n)

providing stationery and meeting postage, telephone, printing, translation and banking costs and the costs of other miscellaneous items.