The Recall Petition (Petition Officers’ Charges) Regulations 2016

Petition officers: maximum recoverable amount for specified expenses

3.—(1) The maximum recoverable amount (for the purposes of paragraph 3 of Schedule 1 to the Act) in relation to a recall petition for an expense specified in column 1 of the table in Schedule 2 is to be determined in accordance with this regulation.

(2) Except in a case described in paragraph (3) or (4), the maximum recoverable amount in relation to a specified expense listed in column 1 is the amount listed in the corresponding entry in column 2 of that table.

(3) Where the constituency to which a recall petition relates is wholly or partly within the Greater London area, the maximum recoverable amount in relation to a specified expense listed in column 1 is the amount listed in the corresponding entry in column 3 of that table.

(4) Where the constituency to which a recall petition relates is not wholly or partly within the Greater London area but borders a constituency that is, the maximum recoverable amount in relation to a specified expense listed in column 1 is the amount listed in the corresponding entry in column 4 of that table.

(5) The maximum recoverable amount in respect of the expenses specified in paragraph (6), taken together, is—

(a) where the constituency to which a recall petition relates is wholly or partly within the Greater London area, £1,250;

(b) where the constituency to which a recall petition relates is not wholly or partly within that area but borders a constituency that is, £1,200;

(c) where the constituency to which a recall petition relates is not one falling within sub-paragraph (b) or (c), £1,000.

(6) Those specified expenses are—

(a) travel and overnight subsistence for the petition officer and any person appointed to assist the petition officer;

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

(c) adapting or restoring to normal use any room or building designated as a petition signing place, including transportation costs for temporary adaptations that cannot securely be stored in the building or room overnight;

(d) providing and transporting ballot boxes, petition signing sheets and other materials and equipment needed for the administration of the recall petition;

(e) providing stationery and meeting postage, telephone, printing, translation and banking costs and the costs of other miscellaneous items;

(f) providing security, including secure storage of ballot boxes, petition signing sheets and other materials and equipment needed for the administration of the recall petition.