The Senedd Cymru (Returning Officers’ Charges) Order 2021

Maximum recoverable amount for expenses incurred at a contested Senedd regional election

9.—(1) The total amount a regional returning officer may recover for expenses incurred for, or in connection with, a contested Senedd regional election must not exceed the amount listed for each region in column 3 of the table in Schedule 2.

(2) Any expenses incurred must be for, or in connection with—

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

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

(c) the costs of the nomination process;

(d) printing or otherwise producing and publishing election notices;

(e) printing or otherwise producing the ballot papers;

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