Statutory Instrument 1992 No. 717

The Returning Officers' Charges Order 1992

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1992 No. 717

REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE

The Returning Officers' Charges Order 1992

In exercise of the powers conferred upon me by section 29(3) and (4) of the Representation of the People Act 1983^[1], I hereby make the following Order with the consent of the Treasury:

    1.—(1)  This Order may be cited as the Returning Officers' Charges Order 1992 and shall come into force on 17th March 1992.

    (2)  This Order extends to Great Britain only.

    (3)  The Returning Officers' Charges Order 1991^[2] is hereby revoked.

    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), 2(1) and 3(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 paragraphs 1(1), 2(1), 3(1) and 4(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.

    (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 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.

    (3)  The maximum recoverable amounts at an uncontested election are hereby specified as—
 (a) £321.50 in respect of the services specified in Part A of the Schedule, and
 (b) £795.78 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, and
 (b) 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 first published.

Kenneth Baker

One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State
Home Office

9th March 1992
We consent to this Order

Gregory Knight

Thomas Sackville

Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury

10th March 1992

[1] 1983 c. 2; section 29 has been amended by section 1 of the Representation of the People Act 1991 (c. 11) and by the Transfer of Functions (Returning Officers' Charges) Order 1991 (S.I. 1991/1728) and the functions formerly conferred on the Treasury have been transferred to the Secretary of State by that Order. back

[2] S.I. 1991/1687. back

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