Statutory Instruments
2011 No. 473
Representation Of The People, Northern Ireland
The Northern Ireland Assembly Elections (Returning Officer’s Charges) Order 2011
Made
19th February 2011
Coming into force in accordance with Article 1(2)
Citation and commencement
1. —(1) This Order may be cited as the Northern Ireland Assembly Elections (Returning Officer’s Charges) Order 2011.
(2) It comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made.
Overall maximum recoverable amount
2. For the purposes of section 29(3) of the Representation of the People Act 1983, as applied to Assembly elections by article 3(1) of, and Schedule 1 to, the Northern Ireland Assembly (Elections) Order 2001, the amount specified as the overall maximum recoverable amount at—
(a) an uncontested Assembly election in a constituency is £1,750.00; and
(b) a contested Assembly election in a constituency is the amount specified in respect of that constituency in the table in the Schedule to this Order.
Revocations
3. The following are revoked—
(a) The New Northern Ireland Assembly Elections (Returning Officer’s Charges) Order 1998( 3 );
(b) The New Northern Ireland Assembly Elections (Returning Officer’s Charges) (Amendment) Order 2007( 4 ).
Hugo Swire
Minister of State
Northern Ireland Office
19th February 2011
Article 2
SCHEDULE Overall maximum recoverable amount for each constituency
Table
| Constituency | Overall maximum recoverable amount |
|---|---|
| Belfast East | £162,000.00 |
Belfast North Belfast South | £182,000.00 £156,500.00 |
| Belfast West | £171,500.00 |
| East Antrim | £171,500.00 |
| East Londonderry | £186,000.00 |
| Fermanagh and South Tyrone | £211,000.00 |
| Foyle | £189,000.00 |
| Lagan Valley | £180,000.00 |
| Mid Ulster | £196,000.00 |
| Newry and Armagh | £211,000.00 |
| North Down | £154,000.00 |
| North Antrim | £213,000.00 |
| South Antrim | £171,000.00 |
| South Down | £196,000.00 |
| Strangford | £156,500.00 |
| Upper Bann | £201,500.00 |
| West Tyrone | £191,500.00 |
1983 c. 2 ; section 29 was amended by the Representation of the People Act 1991 (c. 11) which substituted subsections (3)-(4C), amended subsection (5) and inserted subsection (9); the Transfer of Functions (Returning Officers’ Charges) Order 1991 ( S.I. 1991/1728 ) which transferred the functions formally conferred on the Treasury by section 29 to the Secretary of State, made consequential amendments and substituted subsections (8) and (9); section 15 of, and paragraph 4 of Schedule 6 to, the Representation of the People Act 2000 (c. 2) which amended subsection (4C); paragraph 6 of Schedule 21 to the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (c. 41) (“2000 Act”) which substituted subsections (3) to (9) but those amendments have not been brought into force; section 68 of the Electoral Administration Act 2006 (c. 22) (“2006 Act”) which subsequently substituted subsections (3)-(3C) and amended subsection (9) and section 74(2) of, and Schedule 2 to, that Act which repealed subsections (4), (4A) and (4B). Subsections (3)-(3C) were substituted, by virtue of section 68(4) of the 2006 Act, subject to the amendments made by the 2000 Act not having been commenced beforehand. If they had been (which they were not) they would themselves have been amended by section 74(1) of, and paragraph 107 of Schedule 1 to, the 2006 Act.
S.I. 2001/2599 , amended by S.I. 2009/256 ; there are other amending instruments but none is relevant to this Order.
S.I. 1998/1493 , amended by S.I. 2007/644 .