The National Assembly for Wales (Returning Officers' Charges) Order 1999

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

Under article 20(1) of the National Assembly for Wales (Representation of the People) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/450) the entitlement of a returning officer at an election to the National Assembly for Wales to recover his charges in respect of his services or expenses for, or in connection, with such an election depend upon–

(a) the services or expenses being of a kind specified in an Order under that provision,

(b) the services being properly rendered and the expenses being properly incurred, and

(c) the charges in respect of them being reasonable.

This Order (which is made under article 20 of the Order of 1999) specifies such services and expenses.

Part I of the Schedule to this Order describe the kinds of services rendered by a returning officer for, or in connection with, an election to the National Assembly for Wales in respect of which he is entitled to recover his charges and sets out the maximum recoverable amounts in respect of those services.

Parts II and III of the Schedule describe the kinds of expenses incurred by a returning officer for, or in connection, with an election to the National Assembly for Wales in respect of which he is entitled to recover his charges and sets out (in the case of Part II) the maximum recoverable amounts in respect of those expenses.