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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/senedd-cymru-returning-officers-charges-order-2026/article-5",
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  "legislation": "wsi/2026/76",
  "legislation_title": "The Senedd Cymru (Returning Officers’ Charges) Order 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/senedd-cymru-returning-officers-charges-order-2026",
  "path": "article/5",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Maximum recoverable amount for specified expenses incurred at a contested Senedd election",
  "text": "(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.\n(2) A returning officer may recover specified expenses incurred for, or in connection with—\n(a) the appointment and payment of persons to assist the returning officer;\n(b) travel and overnight subsistence for the returning officer and any person appointed to assist the returning officer;\n(c) the costs of the nomination process;\n(d) printing or otherwise producing the ballot papers;\n(e) printing or otherwise producing or purchasing postal vote stationery;\n(f) printing or otherwise producing, and arranging for the delivery of, poll cards;\n(g) printing or otherwise producing and publishing all election notices and documents;\n(h) renting, heating, lighting, cleaning, adapting or restoring any building or room;\n(i) providing and transporting equipment;\n(j) providing information and communications technology equipment and software and associated costs;\n(k) providing security, including secure storage of ballot boxes, ballot papers and verification documents;\n(l) conducting the verification and the count;\n(m) providing and receiving training;\n(n) providing stationery and meeting postage, telephone, printing, translation and banking costs and the costs of other miscellaneous items.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2026/76/article/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:55:12.561838+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}