"the Assembly" ("y Cynulliad") means the National Assembly for Wales,

(a) of a constituency or a regional returning officer,

(b) of any person where that persons services have been placed at the disposal of a constituency or a regional returning officer under article 17 of the 1999 Order,

(c) of any presiding officer or poll clerk, and

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

Printing etc. of the ballot papers
     9. Expenses of a constituency returning officer at an Assembly election in printing or otherwise producing the ballot papers.

Printing etc. of the poll cards and supporting documentation and their delivery
     10. Expenses of a constituency returning officer at an Assembly election in printing or otherwise producing the official poll cards and any supporting documentation relevant to and in connection with the electoral process (not required to be printed or otherwise produced by or under the 1999 Order) and in delivering such cards together with any such documentation to the voters.

Expenses of printing etc. documents
     11. Expenses of a constituency or a regional returning officer at an Assembly election in printing or otherwise producing and, where appropriate, publishing other documents and notices required to be so printed, produced or published by or under the 1999 Order.

Expenses in renting etc. any building or room
     12. Expenses of a constituency returning officer at an Assembly election in renting, heating, lighting and cleaning any building or room.

Expenses of temporarily adapting any building or room etc.
     13.  - (1) Subject to paragraph 14, expenses of a constituency returning officer at an Assembly election in temporarily adapting any building or room and in restoring it to a fit condition for its normal use.

    (2) Expenses for the purposes of sub-paragraph (1) includes expenses of a constituency returning officer at an Assembly election in the provision of voting compartments for polling stations (in which voters can make their votes screened from observation) and such other furniture as may be necessary for such stations.

     14. Fifty per cent of the expenses of a constituency returning officer at an Assembly election in purchasing temporary ramps for installation at polling stations so as to provide access to those polling stations by voters with a mobility impairment (notwithstanding that the constituency returning officer may be entitled to any subsidy or payment in respect of the purchase of such ramps, such subsidy or payment not to exceed fifty per cent of the cost of each ramp).

Expenses of provision of ballot boxes etc.
     15. Expenses of a constituency returning officer at an Assembly election in the provision of ballot boxes and instruments for stamping on ballot papers the official mark.

Expenses of conveying of ballot boxes etc. to and from polling station
     16. Expenses of a constituency returning officer at an Assembly election in the conveyance to and from the polling station - 

(a) of the ballot boxes and ballot papers, and

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

Expenses of provision of stationery etc.
     17. Expenses of a constituency or a regional returning officer at an Assembly election in the provision of stationery and writing implements and in postage, telephone and bank charges and other miscellaneous items.

Expenses of provision of large version of ballot paper etc.
     18. Expenses of a constituency returning officer at an Assembly election in providing large versions of the ballot paper in polling stations for the assistance of voters who are partially-sighted and devices for enabling voters who are blind or partially-sighted to vote without any need for assistance from the presiding officer or any companion.

Expenses in connection with provision of security measures
     19. Expenses of a constituency returning officer at an Assembly election in connection with the provision of security measures.

(a) the services or expenses being of a kind specified in an Order under that provision,

(b) the services being properly rendered and the expenses being properly incurred, and

(c) the charges in respect of them being reasonable.

This Order is made under article 20 of the 1999 Order and revokes the National Assembly for Wales (Returning Officers' Charges) Order 1999. It specifies such services and expenses as are referred to above.

Part I of the Schedule to this Order describes the kinds of services rendered by a returning officer for, or in connection with, an election to the National Assembly for Wales in respect of which that person is entitled to recover charges and sets out the maximum recoverable amounts in respect of those services.

Parts II and III of the Schedule describe the kinds of expenses incurred by a returning officer for, or in connection, with an election to the National Assembly for Wales in respect of which a returning officer is entitled to recover charges and sets out (in the case of Part II) the maximum recoverable amounts in respect of those expenses.