Maximum recoverable amount for expenses incurred at a contested Senedd regional election9.

(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.