The New Northern Ireland Assembly Elections (Returning Officer’s Charges) (Amendment) Order 2007
Under section 29(3) of the Representation of the People Act 1983 (c. 2) (as substituted by the Representation of the People Act 1991 (c. 11) and applied to elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly by the Northern Ireland Assembly (Elections) Order 2001 (S.I.2001/2599)), the entitlement of a returning officer at an Assembly election to recover his charges in respect of his expenses for or in connection with such an election depends upon—the expenses being of a kind specified in an order under that provision;the expenses being properly incurred, andthe charges in respect of them being reasonable.