Statutory Instrument 1989 No. 995
The European Parliamentary Elections (Returning Officers' Expenses) Regulations 1989
(The document as of February, 2008)
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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS
1989 No. 995
REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE
The European Parliamentary Elections (Returning Officers' Expenses) Regulations 1989
| Coming into force | 13th June 1989 |
The Treasury, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 29(3) and 202(1)of the Representation of the People Act 1983[1], as applied by regulation 5(1) of and Schedule 1 to the European Parliamentary Elections Regulations 1986[2], and regulation 99(3) of the Representation of the People Regulations 1986[3], and regulation 97(3) of the Representation of the People (Scotland) Regulations 1986[4], hereby make the following Regulations:
1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Parliamentary Elections (Returning Officers' Expenses) Regulations 1989, and shall come into force on 13th June 1989.
2. These Regulations shall not extend to Northern Ireland.
3. Unless the context otherwise requires, in these Regulations"European Parliamentary constituency" means a constituency for the time being specified in an Order in Council made, or having effect as if made, under paragraph 4B of Schedule 2 to the European Parliamentary Elections Act 1978[5][6];
"European Parliamentary election" means the election of a representative to the European Parliament;
"Parliamentary constituency" means an area having separate representation in the House of Commons;
and other expressions have the same meaning as in the Representation of the People Act 1983 and the European Parliamentary Elections Act 1978.
4. The maximum charges to which a returning officer for a European Parliamentary election shall be entitled are:— (a) in respect of services rendered by him for the purposes of or in connection with the election, the amounts specified in Part A of Schedule 1 to these Regulations; and
(b) in respect of expenses incurred by him for the purposes of or in connection with the election, the amounts specified in Part B of the said Schedule.
5. Where a returning officer discharges functions in accordance with regulation 97(4) of the Representation of the People Regulations 1986 or regulation 95(4) of the Representation of the People (Scotland) Regulations 1986 (combined European Parliamentary and parliamentary and local government elections), the maximum charges to which he shall be entitled in respect of those functions are: (a) in respect of services rendered by him, the amounts specified in Part A ofSchedule 2 to these Regulations; and
(b) in respect of expenses incurred by him, the amounts specified in Part B of the said Schedule.
6. The European Parliamentary Elections (Returning Officers' Expenses) Regulations 1984[7] are hereby revoked.
Stephen Dorrell
Kenneth Carlisle
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury
12th June 1989
Notes:[1] 1983 c. 2.
[2] S.I. 1986/2209(f).
[3] S.I. 1986/1081.
[4] S.I. 1986/1111.
[5] 1978 c. 10; paragraph 4B of Schedule 2 was inserted by paragraph 5(4) of Schedule 3 to the Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986 (c. 56); Schedule 2 was amended by section 1 of the European Parliamentary Elections Act 1981 (c. 8)(f).
[6] The words "European Parliamentary" were substituted for the words "European Assembly" by section 3(1) of the European Communities (Amendment) Act 1986 (c. 58).
[7] S.I. 1984/723: The words "European Parliamentary" were substituted for the words "European Assembly" by section 3(1) of the European Communities (Amendment) Act 1986 (c. 58).
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