The Scottish Parliamentary Elections (Returning Officers' Charges) Order 2003

PART C Expenses of Constituency Returning Officer for which no maximum recoverable amounts are specified

1.  Travelling and overnight subsistence expenses of–

(a) the constituency returning officer;

(b) officers whose services are placed at the constituency returning officer’s disposal under article 16(1) of the 2002 Order;

(c) presiding officers and poll clerks; and

(d) clerical and other assistants employed by the constituency returning officer.

2.  Expenses in printing or otherwise producing the ballot papers.

3.  Expenses in printing or otherwise producing the official poll cards and notifications and in delivering them to the voters, excluding the expenses referred to in paragraph 3(1) of Part B of this Schedule.

4.  Expenses in printing or otherwise producing and, where appropriate, publishing notices and other documents required by the 2002 Order.

5.  Expenses in renting, heating, lighting and cleaning any building or room.

6.  Expenses in adapting any building or room and in restoring it to a fit condition for its normal use.

7.  Expenses in the provision of voting compartments and any other furniture necessary for polling stations.

8.  Expenses in the provision of ballot boxes and instruments to stamp the official mark on the ballot papers.

9.  Expenses in the provision of mail sort trays for the purpose of sorting the ballot papers at the count.

10.  Expenses in the conveyance to and from the polling stations of–

(a) the ballot boxes and ballot papers; and

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

11.  Expenses in the provision of stationery and writing implements and the expenses of postage, telephone and bank charges and other miscellaneous items.

12.  Expenses in the provision to each polling station of the large version of the ballot papers and the device enabling blind or partially sighted voters to vote without the assistance of others.

13.  Expenses in connection with the provision of security measures.

14.  Expenses in the supply of copies of the register of electors for use in the conduct of the election.