The National Assembly for Wales (Returning Officers’ Charges) Order 2016

This Order provides for payments for services and expenses of returning officers in connection with the conduct of the National Assembly for Wales elections which are to be held together with the elections of police and crime commissioners (in accordance with Chapter 6 of Part 1 of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011) on the same date in 2016. The amounts indicated in this Order as being the maximum recoverable amounts for specified services and specified expenses of returning officers have taken into consideration the provisions contained within the National Assembly for Wales (Representation of the People) (Combination of Polls and Amendment) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/272) which require these costs to be apportioned equally between the National Assembly for Wales elections and the elections of police and crime commissioners.