The National Assembly for Wales (Returning Officers' Charges) Order 1999

Specification for the purposes of article 20 of the 1999 Order

3.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), for the purposes of article 20(1)(a) of the 1999 Order, the following services or expenses are hereby specified for, or in connection with, an Assembly election–

(a) services of a kind described in paragraphs 1(1), 2(1) and 3(1) of the Schedule,

(b) expenses of a kind described in paragraphs 4(1), 5(1), 6(1), 7(1) and 8(1) of the Schedule, and

(c) expenses of a kind described in paragraphs 10 to 18 of the Schedule.

(2) But where in relation to an Assembly constituency there is an uncontested regional election (whether or not at an ordinary election) the specification under paragraph (1) shall not have effect in relation to–

(a) services of a kind described in paragraphs 1(1) and 2(1) of the Schedule, and

(b) expenses of a kind described in paragraphs 4(1), 5(1), 6(1) and 7(1) of the Schedule,

in relation to that Assembly constituency at the regional election.

(3) Paragraphs (4) to (6) of this article specify maximum recoverable amounts for the purposes of article 20(2) of the 1999 Order in respect of the specified services and expenses in Parts I and II of the Schedule.

(4) Subject to paragraph (5), at a contested Assembly election the maximum recoverable amounts set out in the Schedule in relation to the specified services and expenses in Parts I and II of the Schedule are hereby specified as the maximum recoverable amounts in relation to those services and expenses.

(5) But where at an ordinary election in relation to an Assembly constituency there are polls at a constituency election and at a regional election any maximum recoverable amount specified by this Order shall have effect in relation to both elections in relation to that Assembly constituency where (apart from this paragraph) it would otherwise have effect in relation to each such election.

(6) At an uncontested Assembly election the maximum recoverable amounts are hereby specified as–

(a) £387.30 for a constituency returning officer at a constituency election in respect of the specified services in Part I of the Schedule,

(b) £77.46 for a regional returning officer at a regional election in respect of the specified services in Part I of the Schedule,

(c) £958.69 for a constituency returning officer at a constituency election in respect of the specified expenses in Part II of the Schedule, and

(d) £191.76 for a regional returning officer at a regional election in respect of the specified expenses in Part II of the Schedule.