Under article 20(1) of the National Assembly for Wales (Representation of the People) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/450) (“the 1999 Order”) the entitlement of a returning officer at an election to the National Assembly for Wales to recover charges in respect of that person’s services or expenses for, or in connection, with such an election depend upon— a the services or expenses being of a kind specified in an Order under that provision, b the services being properly rendered and the expenses being properly incurred, and c the charges in respect of them being reasonable.

This Order is made under article 20 of the 1999 Order and revokes the National Assembly for Wales (Returning Officers' Charges) Order 1999. It specifies such services and expenses as are referred to above.

Part I of the Schedule to this Order describes the kinds of services rendered by a returning officer for, or in connection with, an election to the National Assembly for Wales in respect of which that person is entitled to recover charges and sets out the maximum recoverable amounts in respect of those services.

Parts II and III of the Schedule describe the kinds of expenses incurred by a returning officer for, or in connection, with an election to the National Assembly for Wales in respect of which a returning officer is entitled to recover charges and sets out (in the case of Part II) the maximum recoverable amounts in respect of those expenses.