Commentary Electoral Commission: administrative provision Section 34 - Registration officers’ expenses
328.Section 34 provides that a registration officer is entitled to recover from the Scottish Ministers any expenses incurred by them that are attributable specifically to the exercise of the registration officer’s functions under this Act. The amount of these expenses should not exceed such maximum amount as is specified in, or determined under, regulations made by the Scottish Ministers. However, the Scottish Ministers may pay an amount that exceeds the maximum if they consider that it was reasonable for the registration officer to incur the expenses and the amount of the expenses is reasonable. Regulations made under this section may include provision for registration officers to submit accounts of expenses to Scottish Ministers before payments are made. The regulations can specify the deadline for submitting accounts, and the form and manner in which they are to be submitted. The regulations are not subject to negative or affirmative procedure and must therefore be laid before Parliament before coming into force under section 30 of the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010.