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1
This Order may be cited as the European Parliamentary Elections (Returning Officers' Charges) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 18th May 1999.
2
This Order shall not extend to Northern Ireland.
3
The European Parliamentary Elections (Returning Officers' Charges) Order 19943 is hereby revoked.
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1
For the purposes of paragraph (a) of section 29(3) of the Representation of the People Act 1983 as that provision applies in respect of returning officers at a European Parliamentary election by virtue of regulation 3 of, and Schedule 1 to, the European Parliamentary Elections Regulations 1999 (which, as so applied, provides that a returning officer is entitled to recover his charges in respect of services properly rendered or expenses properly incurred for or in connection with a European Parliamentary election if the services or expenses are of a kind specified in an order made under that provision and the charges are reasonable)–
a
services of the kind described in paragraphs 1(1) and 2(1) of Part A of the Schedule to this Order (hereafter referred to as “services specified in Part A of the Schedule”); and
b
expenses of a kind described in paragraph 1(1) of Part B of the Schedule to this Order (hereafter referred to as “expenses specified in Part B of the Schedule”) and expenses of a kind described in Part C of the Schedule to this Order,
are hereby specified.
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The maximum recoverable amounts at a contested election in respect of the services specified in Part A of the Schedule or the expenses specified in Part B of the Schedule are hereby specified as the amounts set out in the right-hand column of those Parts in respect of each entry set out opposite thereto in the left-hand column of those Parts.
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The maximum recoverable amounts at an uncontested election are hereby specified as–
a
£77.84 in respect of the services specified in Part A of the Schedule; and
b
£192.68 in respect of the expenses specified in Part B of the Schedule.
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In the Schedule to this Order–
a
“election” means a European Parliamentary election; and
b
“the European Regulations” means the European Parliamentary Elections Regulations 1999.
We consent to this Order