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

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.