The National Assembly for Wales Referendum (Assembly Act Provisions) (Counting Officers' Charges) Order 2010

Made: 15 December 2010

Coming into force in accordance with article 1(2)

The Welsh Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by article 13(1)(b), (2) and (6) of the National Assembly for Wales Referendum (Assembly Act Provisions) (Referendum Question, Date of Referendum Etc.) Order 2010[^f00001], make the following Order:

Title, application and commencement

1

• (1) The title of this Order is the National Assembly for Wales Referendum (Assembly Act Provisions) (Counting Officers' Charges) Order 2010.

• (2) This Order comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

• (3) This Order applies in relation to Wales.

Overall maximum recoverable amount

2

The overall maximum recoverable amount for each voting area[^f00002] is the amount listed in column 4 of the Table in the Schedule.

Maximum recoverable amount for specified services

3

The total of the charges recoverable by a counting officer[^f00003] in respect of the services of the description specified in article 4 must not exceed the amount listed for each voting area in column 2 of the Table in the Schedule.

4

The specified services are—

• (a) making arrangements for the referendum[^f00004];

• (b) discharging the counting officer’s duties in respect of the referendum; and

• (c) conducting the referendum .

Maximum recoverable amount for specified expenses

5

The total of the charges recoverable by a counting officer in respect of the expenses of the description specified in article 6 must not exceed the amount listed for each voting area in column 3 of the Table in the Schedule.

6

The specified expenses are—

• (a) the appointment and payment of persons to assist the counting officer (including persons referred to in section 128(4) of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000)[^f00005];

• (b) travel and subsistence for the counting officer and any person referred to in paragraph (a);

• (c) printing or production of ballot papers;

• (d) printing and delivery of postal voting documents (including the postal ballot paper, postal voting statement, ballot paper envelope and covering envelope)[^f00006];

• (e) printing and delivery of poll cards;

• (f) printing and publishing notices and documents for or in connection with the referendum;

• (g) renting, heating, lighting, cleaning, adapting or restoring (including making good any damage done to) any building or room;

• (h) providing and transporting equipment necessary for the conduct of the referendum;

• (i) providing information and communications technology equipment and software and associated costs;

• (j) providing security and storage of ballot boxes, ballot papers and other documents for or in connection with the referendum;

• (k) conducting the verification and the count (including any re-count) ;

• (l) providing and receiving training;

• (m) stationery, postage and delivery, telephone, printing, translation, banking and miscellaneous costs; and

• (n) the supply of copies of (or of parts of) the register for use in the conduct of the referendum.

SCHEDULE — Overall maximum recoverable amounts and maximum recoverable amounts for the specified services and the specified expenses for voting areas

Signed

Carwyn Jones — First Minister, one of the Welsh Ministers — 15 December 2010

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order makes provision about the maximum recoverable amounts for the services and expenses of counting officers in connection with the referendum that is to be held in accordance with the National Assembly for Wales Referendum (Assembly Act Provisions) (Referendum Question, Date of Referendum Etc.) Order 2010 (“the Referendum Order”).

This Order is made under article 13 of the Referendum Order which sets out further provision in respect of the recovery by counting officers of amounts for such services and expenses.

Article 2 of this order specifies the overall maximum recoverable amount for each voting area in column 4 of the Table in the Schedule.

Article 3 of this Order specifies that the total of the amount recoverable by each counting officer in respect of the specified services described in article 4 of this Order must not be more than the amount that is listed for each voting area in column 2 of the Table in the Schedule.

Article 5 of this Order specifies that the total of the amount recoverable by each counting officer in respect of the specified expenses described in article 6 of this Order must not be more than the amount that is listed for each voting area in column 3 of the Table in the Schedule.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: S.I. 2010/2837.

[^f00002]: “voting area” is defined in article 2(1) of the National Assembly for Wales Referendum (Assembly Act Provisions) (Referendum Question, Date of Referendum Etc.) Order 2010.

[^f00003]: “counting officer” is defined in article 2(1) of the National Assembly for Wales Referendum (Assembly Act Provisions) (Referendum Question, Date of Referendum Etc.) Order 2010.

[^f00004]: “the referendum” is defined in article 2(1) of the National Assembly for Wales Referendum (Assembly Act Provisions) (Referendum Question, Date of Referendum Etc.) Order 2010.

[^f00005]: 2000 c. 41.

[^f00006]: For the meaning of “postal ballot paper” see the definition in article 2(1) of the National Assembly for Wales Referendum (Assembly Act Provisions) (Referendum Question, Date of Referendum Etc.) Order 2010 and for “ballot paper envelope” and “covering envelope” see paragraph 1(1) of Part 1 of Schedule 2 to that Order. “Postal Voting Statement” means the document referred to in paragraph 1(2) of that Part of that Schedule.