The Returning Officers' Charges Order 1992

PART C EXPENSES OF RETURNING OFFICER FOR WHICH NO MAXIMUM RECOVERABLE AMOUNTS ARE SPECIFIED

1.  Travelling and overnight subsistence expenses of—

(a) the returning officer;

(b) any person appointed under section 28(5) of the Representation of the People Act 1983 or placed at the returning officer’s disposal under section 25(2) or (3) of that Act;

(c) any presiding officer or poll clerk; and

(d) any clerical or other assistants employed by the returning officer.

2.  Expenses in printing or otherwise producing the ballot papers.

3.  Expenses in printing or otherwise producing the official poll cards and in delivering them to the voters, excluding the expenses referred to in paragraph 3(1) of Part B of this Schedule.

4.  Expenses in printing or otherwise producing and, where appropriate, publishing notices and other documents required by the Representation of the People Acts.

5.  Expenses in renting, heating, lighting and cleaning any building or room.

6.  Expenses in adapting any building or room and in restoring it to a fit condition for its normal use.

7.  Expenses in the provision of voting compartments and any other furniture necessary for polling stations.

8.  Expenses in the provision of ballot boxes and instruments to stamp on the ballot papers the official mark.

9.  Expenses in the conveyance to and from the polling stations of—

(a) the ballot boxes and ballot papers, and

(b) the voting compartments, any other furniture necessary for polling stations and the instruments to stamp on the ballot papers the official mark.

10.  Expenses in the provision of stationery and writing implements and in postage, telephone and bank charges and other miscellaneous items.

11.  In a constituency in Scotland, expenses in the supply of copies of the register of electors for use in the conduct of the election.