Statutory Instrument 1991 No. 1688

The Returning Officer's Charges (Northern Ireland) Order 1991

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1991 No. 1688

REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE

The Returning Officer's Charges (Northern Ireland) Order 1991

The Treasury, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 29(3) of the Representation of the People Act 1983^[1], hereby make the following Order:-

    1.    (1)  This Order may be cited as the Returning Officer's Charges (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 and shall come into force on 26th July 1991.

    (2)  This Order extends to Northern Ireland only.

    2.    (1)  Expenses of a kind set out in the Schedule to this Order are hereby specified for the purposes of paragraph (a) of section 29(3) of the Representation of the People Act 1983 (which provides that a returning officer is entitled to recover his charges in respect of services properly rendered, or expenses properly incurred, for or in connection with a parliamentary election if the services or expenses are of a kind so specified and the charges are reasonable).

    (2)  Maximum recoverable amounts are hereby specified in the right-hand column of Part A of the Schedule to this Order in respect of services or expenses of the descriptions specified opposite thereto in the left-hand column of that Part.

Gregory Knight

Sydney Chapman

Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury

24th July 1991

[1] 1983 c. 2; section 29 was amended by the Representation of the People Act 1991 (c. 11), section 1. back

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