The European Parliamentary Elections (Returning Officer’s Charges) (Northern Ireland) Order 1999

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order, which extends only to Northern Ireland, makes provision for the payment of the Chief Electoral Officer as returning officer at European Parliamentary elections in respect of expenses incurred in connection therewith.

Under section 29(3) of the Representation of the People Act 1983 (as substituted by the Representation of the People Act 1991), as applied for the purposes of European Parliamentary elections, the entitlement of a returning officer at a European Parliamentary election to recover his charges in respect of his services or expenses for or in connection with such an election depends upon–

(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.

Parts A and B of the Schedule to this Order specify the kinds of expenses incurred by the returning officer for or in connection with a European Parliamentary election in respect of which he is entitled to recover his charges, together (in the case of Part A) with the maximum recoverable amounts in respect of those charges.

This Order replaces the Order revoked by article 1(2) and increases the charges to take account of inflation.