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2021 No. 165

Representation Of The People

The Scottish Parliament Elections (Returning Officer Fees and Charges) Amendment Regulations 2021

Madeat 10.51 a.m. on 24th March 2021

Laid before the Scottish Parliamentat 2.00 p.m. on 24th March 2021

Coming into force6th April 2021

The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by article 18 of the Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) Order 20151.

Citation and commencement1.

These Regulations may be cited as the Scottish Parliament Elections (Returning Officer Fees and Charges) Amendment Regulations 2021 and come into force on 6 April 2021.

Amendment of the Scottish Parliament Elections (Returning Officer Fees and Charges) Regulations 20212.

(1)

The Scottish Parliament Elections (Returning Officer Fees and Charges) Regulations 20212 are amended as follows.

(2)

For the schedule substitute—

“SCHEDULE
Regulations 3, 4 and 5
Maximum total recoverable amounts and maximum recoverable amounts for returning officers’ specified services and specified expenses for Scottish Parliament constituency polls
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
Local authority
Maximum recoverable amount for specified services
Maximum recoverable amount for specified expenses
Maximum total recoverable amount
Aberdeen City Council
£13,564
£731,004
£744,568
Aberdeenshire Council
£13,427
£673,479
£686,906
Angus Council
£8,714
£434,709
£443,423
Argyll and Bute Council
£4,263
£346,206
£350,469
City of Edinburgh Council
£27,628
£2,030,196
£2,057,824
Clackmannanshire Council
£4,263
£245,900
£250,163
Comhairle Nan Eilean Siar
£4,263
£127,314
£131,577
Dumfries and Galloway Council
£9,486
£662,214
£671,700
Dundee City Council
£8,649
£401,199
£409,848
East Ayrshire Council
£9,882
£492,507
£502,389
East Dunbartonshire Council
£4,881
£189,549
£194,430
East Lothian Council
£4,511
£207,753
£212,264
East Renfrewshire Council
£4,263
£202,431
£206,694
Falkirk Council
£9,313
£367,253
£376,566
Fife Council
£22,986
£933,204
£956,190
Glasgow City Council
£35,737
£1,931,898
£1,967,635
Highland Council
£14,234
£820,845
£835,079
Inverclyde Council
£4,617
£215,420
£220,037
Midlothian Council
£4,664
£226,038
£230,702
Moray Council
£4,596
£235,902
£240,498
North Ayrshire Council
£8,862
£413,322
£422,184
North Lanarkshire Council
£21,882
£1,445,343
£1,467,225
Orkney Islands Council
£4,263
£67,682
£71,945
Perth and Kinross Council
£8,861
£449,499
£458,360
Renfrewshire Council
£12,788
£706,194
£718,982
Scottish Borders Council
£9,140
£446,183
£455,323
Shetland Islands Council
£4,263
£78,324
£82,587
South Ayrshire Council
£5,017
£305,829
£310,846
South Lanarkshire Council
£18,907
£998,312
£1,017,219
Stirling Council
£4,300
£184,395
£188,695
West Dunbartonshire Council
£8,815
£432,156
£440,971
West Lothian Council
£10,066
£426,090
£436,156”.

(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)
Aberdeen City Council	£13,564	£731,004	£744,568
Aberdeenshire Council	£13,427	£673,479	£686,906
Angus Council	£8,714	£434,709	£443,423
Argyll and Bute Council	£4,263	£346,206	£350,469
City of Edinburgh Council	£27,628	£2,030,196	£2,057,824
Clackmannanshire Council	£4,263	£245,900	£250,163
Comhairle Nan Eilean Siar	£4,263	£127,314	£131,577
Dumfries and Galloway Council	£9,486	£662,214	£671,700
Dundee City Council	£8,649	£401,199	£409,848
East Ayrshire Council	£9,882	£492,507	£502,389
East Dunbartonshire Council	£4,881	£189,549	£194,430
East Lothian Council	£4,511	£207,753	£212,264
East Renfrewshire Council	£4,263	£202,431	£206,694
Falkirk Council	£9,313	£367,253	£376,566
Fife Council	£22,986	£933,204	£956,190
Glasgow City Council	£35,737	£1,931,898	£1,967,635
Highland Council	£14,234	£820,845	£835,079
Inverclyde Council	£4,617	£215,420	£220,037
Midlothian Council	£4,664	£226,038	£230,702
Moray Council	£4,596	£235,902	£240,498
North Ayrshire Council	£8,862	£413,322	£422,184
North Lanarkshire Council	£21,882	£1,445,343	£1,467,225
Orkney Islands Council	£4,263	£67,682	£71,945
Perth and Kinross Council	£8,861	£449,499	£458,360
Renfrewshire Council	£12,788	£706,194	£718,982
Scottish Borders Council	£9,140	£446,183	£455,323
Shetland Islands Council	£4,263	£78,324	£82,587
South Ayrshire Council	£5,017	£305,829	£310,846
South Lanarkshire Council	£18,907	£998,312	£1,017,219
Stirling Council	£4,300	£184,395	£188,695
West Dunbartonshire Council	£8,815	£432,156	£440,971
West Lothian Council	£10,066	£426,090	£436,156”.

GRAEME DEY

Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Scottish Parliament Elections (Returning Officer Fees and Charges) Regulations 2021 by replacing the schedule in those Regulations.

(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)
Local authority	Maximum recoverable amount for specified services	Maximum recoverable amount for specified expenses	Maximum total recoverable amount
Aberdeen City Council	£13,564	£731,004	£744,568
Aberdeenshire Council	£13,427	£673,479	£686,906
Angus Council	£8,714	£434,709	£443,423
Argyll and Bute Council	£4,263	£346,206	£350,469
City of Edinburgh Council	£27,628	£2,030,196	£2,057,824
Clackmannanshire Council	£4,263	£245,900	£250,163
Comhairle Nan Eilean Siar	£4,263	£127,314	£131,577
Dumfries and Galloway Council	£9,486	£662,214	£671,700
Dundee City Council	£8,649	£401,199	£409,848
East Ayrshire Council	£9,882	£492,507	£502,389
East Dunbartonshire Council	£4,881	£189,549	£194,430
East Lothian Council	£4,511	£207,753	£212,264
East Renfrewshire Council	£4,263	£202,431	£206,694
Falkirk Council	£9,313	£367,253	£376,566
Fife Council	£22,986	£933,204	£956,190
Glasgow City Council	£35,737	£1,931,898	£1,967,635
Highland Council	£14,234	£820,845	£835,079
Inverclyde Council	£4,617	£215,420	£220,037
Midlothian Council	£4,664	£226,038	£230,702
Moray Council	£4,596	£235,902	£240,498
North Ayrshire Council	£8,862	£413,322	£422,184
North Lanarkshire Council	£21,882	£1,445,343	£1,467,225
Orkney Islands Council	£4,263	£67,682	£71,945
Perth and Kinross Council	£8,861	£449,499	£458,360
Renfrewshire Council	£12,788	£706,194	£718,982
Scottish Borders Council	£9,140	£446,183	£455,323
Shetland Islands Council	£4,263	£78,324	£82,587
South Ayrshire Council	£5,017	£305,829	£310,846
South Lanarkshire Council	£18,907	£998,312	£1,017,219
Stirling Council	£4,300	£184,395	£188,695
West Dunbartonshire Council	£8,815	£432,156	£440,971
West Lothian Council	£10,066	£426,090	£436,156”.