The Scottish Parliament Elections (Returning Officer Fees and Charges) Regulations 2016

PART 3 Regional Returning Officers

Maximum total recoverable amount

6.  For the purposes of article 18(2)(a) of the 2015 Order, the maximum total recoverable amount for a regional returning officer is—

(a) where the election is contested, £4,950; or

(b) where the election is uncontested, £400.

Maximum recoverable amount for specified services

7.—(1) For the purposes of article 18(2)(c) of the 2015 Order, the maximum recoverable amount for the services specified in paragraph (2) for a regional returning officer is—

(a) where the election is contested, £750; or

(b) where the election is uncontested, £150.

(2) The specified services are—

(a) discharging the regional returning officer’s duties at the election; and

(b) making arrangements for the election.

Maximum recoverable amount for specified expenses

8.—(1) For the purposes of article 18(2)(c) of the 2015 Order, the maximum recoverable amount for the expenses specified in paragraph (2) for a regional returning officer is—

(a) where the election is contested, £4,200; or

(b) where the election is uncontested, £250.

(2) The specified expenses are—

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

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

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

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

(e) providing and transporting equipment;

(f) providing training; and

(g) providing stationery and meeting postage, telephone, printing, translation and banking costs and the costs of other miscellaneous items for or in connection with the election, including those which are incurred in collating the results of the election.