Legislation – The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Local Returning Officers’ and Police Area Returning Officers’ Charges) Order 2024

PART 1
Introduction

1 Citation, commencement and extent

2 Interpretation

3 Meaning of “specified services” and “specified expenses”

PART 2
Charges for services and expenses of local returning officers

4 Local returning officers: maximum recoverable amount for specified services and specified expenses

5 Local returning officers: overall maximum recoverable amount

PART 3
Charges for services and expenses of police area returning officers

6 Police area returning officers: maximum recoverable amount for specified services and specified expenses

7 Police area returning officers: overall maximum recoverable amount

PART 4
Charges at uncontested elections

8 Overall maximum recoverable amount at an uncontested election

PART 5
Consequential amendments, revocations and savings

9 Consequential amendments

10 Revocations and savings

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 1 Local returning officers: maximum recoverable amounts for voting areas reflecting the level of poll combination at ordinary elections on 2nd May 2024

SCHEDULE 2 Local returning officers: maximum recoverable amounts for voting areas for an election to fill a vacancy in the office of a police and crime commissioner, if the poll is not combined with any other poll

SCHEDULE 3 Police area returning officers: maximum recoverable amounts for police areas

Explanatory note

Which version?
Latest available (Revised)
Original (As enacted)

PART 4Charges at uncontested elections

Overall maximum recoverable amount at an uncontested election8.

Parts 2 and 3 do not apply at an uncontested election and instead—

(a)

in respect of a local returning officer, the overall maximum recoverable amount for each voting area is £1,750;

(b)

in respect of a police area returning officer, the overall maximum recoverable amount for each police area is £350.