The Parliamentary Elections (Returning Officers' Charges) Order 2005

Services and expenses in respect of which a returning officer at a parliamentary election may recover his charges

2.—(1) For the purposes of paragraph (a) of section 29(3) of the Representation of the People Act 1983 (which 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 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 a kind described in paragraphs 1(1) and 2(1) of Part A of the Schedule to this Order;

(b) expenses of a kind described in paragraphs 1(1), 2(1) and 3(1) of Part B of the Schedule to this Order; and

(c) expenses of a kind described in Part C of the Schedule to this Order,

are hereby specified.

(2) 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 those specified in the Schedule in respect of each entry.

(3) The maximum recoverable amounts at an uncontested election are hereby specified as—

(a) £454.88 in respect of the services specified in Part A of the Schedule, and

(b) £1,123.48 in respect of the expenses specified in Part B of the Schedule.

(4) In the Schedule to this Order—

(a) “election” means a parliamentary election,

(b) “combined polls” refers to the poll at a parliamentary election and the poll at some other election when they are taken together under section 15(1) or (2) of the Representation of the People Act 1985(1), and

(c) any reference to the register of electors is to the register of electors used at the election at which the services were rendered or expenses incurred and to that register as it has effect on the last day for publication of notice of the election.

(1)

1985 c. 50.