The European Parliamentary Elections (Returning Officers’ and Local Returning Officers’ Charges) (Great Britain and Gibraltar) Order 2019

This Order provides for payments for services and expenses of returning officers and local returning officers in connection with the conduct of European Parliamentary elections in Great Britain and Gibraltar. It replaces the European Parliamentary Elections (Returning Officers' and Local Returning Officers' Charges) (Great Britain and Gibraltar) Order 2014. This Order is made under regulation 15(1), (2) and (5) 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 Minister for the Cabinet Office in an order. Regulation 15(2) also enables the Minister for the Cabinet Office to specify a maximum recoverable amount for particular services or expenses.