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