The European Parliamentary Elections (Returning Officers’ and Local Returning Officers’ Charges) (Great Britain and Gibraltar) Order 2014
This Order, which applies in Great Britain and Gibraltar, provides for payments for services and expenses of returning officers and local returning officers in connection with the conduct of European Parliamentary elections. It replaces the European Parliamentary Elections (Returning Officers’ Charges) (Great Britain and Gibraltar) Order 2009, the European Parliamentary Elections (Local Returning Officers’ Charges) (England, Wales and Gibraltar) Order 2009 and the European Parliamentary Elections (Local Returning Officers’ Charges) (Scotland) Order 2009. The Order is made under regulation 15(1) of the European Parliamentary Elections Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/293), under which returning officers and local returning officers may recover their charges for services and expenses, provided they were necessarily rendered or incurred for the efficient and effective conduct of the election and the total does not exceed the overall maximum recoverable amount specified by the Secretary of State in an order. Regulation 15(2) also enables the Secretary of State to specify a maximum recoverable amount for particular services or expenses.