Maximum recoverable amount for services at a contested Assembly constituency election held on the same day as the Alternative Vote Referendum

5.—(1) The total of the charges recoverable by a returning officer at a contested Assembly constituency election held on the same day as the Alternative Vote Referendum in respect of the services of the description specified in paragraph (2) must not exceed the amount listed for each Assembly constituency in column 2 of the table in Schedule 1.

(2) The services are—

(a)making arrangements for the election;

(b)conducting the election;

(c)discharging all of a returning officer’s duties in respect of the election.