2011 No. 473

Representation Of The People, Northern Ireland

The Northern Ireland Assembly Elections (Returning Officer’s Charges) Order 2011

Made

Coming into force in accordance with Article 1(2)

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 29(3) and (4C) of the Representation of the People Act 19831, as applied to Assembly elections by article 3(1) of, and Schedule 1 to, the Northern Ireland Assembly (Elections) Order 20012, makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement1

1

This Order may be cited as the Northern Ireland Assembly Elections (Returning Officer’s Charges) Order 2011.

2

It comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

Overall maximum recoverable amount2

For the purposes of section 29(3) of the Representation of the People Act 1983, as applied to Assembly elections by article 3(1) of, and Schedule 1 to, the Northern Ireland Assembly (Elections) Order 2001, the amount specified as the overall maximum recoverable amount at—

a

an uncontested Assembly election in a constituency is £1,750.00; and

b

a contested Assembly election in a constituency is the amount specified in respect of that constituency in the table in the Schedule to this Order.

Revocations3

The following are revoked—

a

The New Northern Ireland Assembly Elections (Returning Officer’s Charges) Order 19983;

b

The New Northern Ireland Assembly Elections (Returning Officer’s Charges) (Amendment) Order 20074.

Hugo SwireMinister of StateNorthern Ireland Office

SCHEDULEOverall maximum recoverable amount for each constituency

Article 2

Table

Constituency

Overall maximum recoverable amount

Belfast East

£162,000.00

Belfast North

Belfast South

£182,000.00

£156,500.00

Belfast West

£171,500.00

East Antrim

£171,500.00

East Londonderry

£186,000.00

Fermanagh and South Tyrone

£211,000.00

Foyle

£189,000.00

Lagan Valley

£180,000.00

Mid Ulster

£196,000.00

Newry and Armagh

£211,000.00

North Down

£154,000.00

North Antrim

£213,000.00

South Antrim

£171,000.00

South Down

£196,000.00

Strangford

£156,500.00

Upper Bann

£201,500.00

West Tyrone

£191,500.00

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

Section 29(3) of the Representation of the People Act 1983, as applied to Northern Ireland Assembly elections by the Northern Ireland Assembly (Elections) Order 2001, enables the Secretary of State to specify in an Order the overall maximum recoverable amount that the returning officer may recover in respect of services rendered or expenses incurred for or in connection with an Assembly election.

This Order specifies those amounts in respect of each constituency in Northern Ireland. Six members of the Assembly are returned for each of the (18) Parliamentary constituencies in Northern Ireland. At an uncontested election in any constituency the amount is £1750.00. At a contested election, the amount for each constituency is set out in the table in the Schedule to the Order.

This Order also revokes the New Northern Ireland Assembly Elections (Returning Officer’s Charges) Order 1998 and the New Northern Ireland Assembly Elections (Returning Officer’s Charges) (Amendment) Order 2007.

A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sector is foreseen.