The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Local Returning Officers' and Police Area Returning Officers' Charges) Order 2021

Local returning officers: maximum recoverable amount for specified expenses E+W

4.—(1) Paragraph (2) applies in relation to an ordinary election the poll for which takes place on 6th May 2021.

(2) The maximum amount recoverable by a local returning officer for a voting area listed in column 1 of the table in Schedule 1 in respect of the expenses specified in paragraph (5) (“the expenses”) is the corresponding amount for that area specified in column 3 of that table.

(3) Paragraph (4) applies in relation to an election held to fill a vacancy in the office of police and crime commissioner, where the poll for that election is not combined with any other poll.

(4) The maximum amount recoverable by a local returning officer for a voting area listed in column 1 of the table in Schedule 2 in respect of the expenses is the corresponding amount for that area specified in column 3 of that table.

(5) The expenses specified are those incurred in—

(a) the appointment and payment of persons to assist the local returning officer;

(b) any travel and overnight subsistence for the local returning officer and any person appointed to assist the local returning officer;

(c) printing or otherwise producing the ballot paper;

(d) printing, or otherwise producing, or buying the postal vote stationery;

(e) printing, or otherwise producing, and arranging for the delivery of poll cards;

(f) printing, or otherwise producing, and where appropriate publishing, notices and any other documents required by an enactment for or in connection with the police and crime commissioner election;

(g) renting, heating, lighting, cleaning, adapting or restoring any building or room;

(h) providing and transporting equipment;

(i) providing information and communications technology, equipment and software, and associated costs;

(j) providing for the safekeeping and security of ballot papers (including, where necessary, the secure storage of ballot boxes) and any verification documents kept by the returning officer;

(k) conducting the verification of ballot paper accounts and the count;

(l) providing and receiving training;

(m) providing stationery and meeting postage, telephone, printing, translation and banking costs, and the costs of other miscellaneous items.

Commencement Information

I1 Art. 4 in force at 24.3.2021, see art. 1(1)