The Parliamentary Elections (Returning Officers’ Charges) Order 2015

Made: 26th February 2015

Coming into force in accordance with article 1(1)

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Citation, commencement, extent and interpretation

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Revocation

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Returning officers: overall maximum recoverable amount

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Returning officers: maximum recoverable amount for specified services

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Returning officers: maximum recoverable amount for specified expenses

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Overall maximum recoverable amount at an uncontested parliamentary election

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SCHEDULE 1 — Overall maximum recoverable amounts and maximum recoverable amounts for specified services and specified expenses for each constituency where a parliamentary election is a stand-alone poll

SCHEDULE 2 — Overall maximum recoverable amounts and maximum recoverable amounts for specified services and specified expenses for constituencies where the poll at the parliamentary general election in 2015 is taken together only with the poll at an ordinary election of councillors

SCHEDULE 3 — Overall maximum recoverable amounts and maximum recoverable amounts for specified services and specified expenses for constituencies where the poll at the parliamentary general election in 2015 is taken together with a poll at an ordinary election of councillors and also the poll at an ordinary election of a mayor

Signed

Signed by the authority of the Lord President of the Council

Sam Gyimah — Minister for the Constitution — Cabinet Office — 24th February 2015

We consent to this Order

Two of the Lord Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury

Mark Lancaster — Harriett Baldwin — 26th February 2015

Explanatory note

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Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1983 c. 2. Section 29 was amended by paragraphs 3 and 4 of Schedule 6 to the Representation of the People Act 2000 (c. 2), section 68 of the Electoral Administration Act 2006 (c. 22) and section 18(1) of the Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013 (c. 6). Paragraph 6 of Schedule 21 to the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (c. 41), as amended by paragraphs 104 and 107 of Schedule 1 to the Electoral Administrations Act 2006, substituted subsections (3) to (4C) but these substitutions are not yet in force. The Transfer of Functions (Returning Officers’ Charges) Order 1991 (S.I. 1991/1728) transferred the functions formally conferred on the Treasury by section 29 to the Secretary of State and made consequential amendments. These functions were made exercisable concurrently by the Lord President of the Council and the Secretary of State by the Lord President of the Council Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/1837). Consent of the Treasury is required by section 29(9) of the Representation of the People 1983 Act. There are other amendments to the section but none is relevant.

[^f00002]: Section 37(1) was amended by section 18 of the Representation of the People Act 1985 (c. 50) and paragraphs 1 and 5 of Schedule 3 to the Greater London Authority Act 1999 (c. 29). There are other amendments to the section but none is relevant.

[^f00003]: 2000 c.22. Section 9H was inserted by paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the Localism Act 2011 (c.20).

[^f00004]: S.I. 2010/830.

[^f00005]: Section 15(1) of the Representation of the People Act 1985 provides that where the polls at an ordinary local government election and a parliamentary general election are to be taken on the same day, they shall be taken together.

[^f00006]: By virtue of Schedule 2 to the Local Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (England and Wales) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/1024), section 15(1) of the Representation of the People Act 1985 applies in relation to the conduct of mayoral elections.

Editorial notes