The National Assembly for Wales (Returning Officers’ Charges) Order 2016

Maximum recoverable amount for specified expenses at a contested Assembly constituency election held on the same day as a PCC election

6.—(1) The total of the charges recoverable by a constituency returning officer at a contested Assembly constituency election held on the same day as a PCC election in respect of specified expenses must not exceed the amount listed for each Assembly constituency in column 3 of the table in Schedule 1.

(2) The specified expenses are—

(a) the appointment and payment of persons to assist the constituency returning officer;

(b) travel and overnight subsistence for the constituency returning officer and any person appointed to assist the constituency returning officer;

(c) the costs of the nomination process;

(d) printing or otherwise producing the ballot papers;

(e) printing or otherwise producing or purchasing postal vote stationery;

(f) printing or otherwise producing, and arranging for the delivery of, poll cards;

(g) printing or otherwise producing and publishing all election notices and documents;

(h) renting, heating, lighting, cleaning, adapting or restoring any building or room;

(i) providing and transporting equipment;

(j) providing information and communications technology equipment and software and associated costs;

(k) providing security, including secure storage of ballot boxes, ballot papers and verification documents;

(l) conducting the verification and the count;

(m) providing and receiving training;

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