Statutory Instruments
2003 No. 3029
NORTHERN IRELAND
The New Northern Ireland Assembly Elections (Returning Officer’s Charges) (Amendment) Order 2003
Made
19th November 2003
Coming into force
20th November 2003
1. This Order may be cited as the New Northern Ireland Assembly Elections (Returning Officer’s Charges) (Amendment) Order 2003 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made.
2. —(1)The Schedule to the New Northern Ireland Assembly Elections (Returning Officer’s Charges) Order 1998 (“the 1998 Order”)( 3 ) is amended as follows.
(2) In Part A (Expenses of returning officer for which maximum recoverable amounts are specified), the amounts set out in the right-hand column opposite the entries in the left-hand column specified below shall be substituted as follows—
(a) in paragraph 1(2) for “£113.91” substitute “£135.00”;
(b) in paragraph 1(3) for “£6.94” substitute “£10.00”;
(c) in paragraph 2(2) for “£72.03” substitute “£90.00”;
(d) in paragraph 3(2) for “£1.44” substitute “£1.65”;
(e) in paragraph 4(2) for “£3,051.43” substitute “£5,731.36”;
(f) in paragraph 4(3) for “£45.78” substitute “£52.65”; and
(g) in paragraph 4(4) for “£41.57” substitute “£47.81”.
(3) In Part A after paragraph 4 add—
“ 5. —(1) This paragraph makes provision for a returning officer’s expenses in respect of the payment of persons employed in connection with the verification of the ballot paper accounts and the count. | |
(2) The maximum recoverable amount for each constituency for the expenses specified in sub-paragraph (1) above is | £12,222.22. ” |
(4) In Part B (Expenses of returning officer for which no maximum recoverable amounts are specified)—
(a) in paragraph 1(b) omit “and”;
(b) after paragraph 1(b) add—
“ (ba) any verification or counting staff; and ” ;
(c) in paragraph 7 at the end insert “or in the provision in any place of furniture necessary for the count.”; and
(d) omit paragraph 10.
Paul Murphy
One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State
Northern Ireland Office
19th November 2003
1983 c. 2 ; section 29(3) and (4) were substituted by section 1(1) and (2) of the Representation of the People Act 1991 (c. 11) and were amended by the Transfer of Functions (Returning Officers' Charges) Order 1991 ( S.I. 1991/1728 ) and the functions formerly conferred on the Treasury have been transferred to the Secretary of State by that Order.
S.I. 1998/1493 ; this Order was made under section 29(3) and (4) of the Representation of the People Act 1983, as applied by the New Northern Ireland Assembly (Elections) Order 1998 ( S.I. 1998/1287 ) and, by virtue of section 17(2)(b) and section 23 of the Interpretation Act 1978 (c. 30) , now has effect as if made under section 29(3) and (4) of the Representation of the People Act 1983 as applied by the Northern Ireland Assembly (Elections) Order 2001 ( S.I. 2001/2599 ).