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SCOTTISH STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

2021 No. 165

REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE

The Elections (Returning Officer Fees and Charges) Amendment Regulations 2021

Made - - - - at 10.51 a.m. on 24th March 2021 Laid before the Scottish Parliament at 2.00 p.m. on 24th March 2021 Coming into force - - 6th April 2021

The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by article 18 of the Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) Order 2015( a).

Citation and commencement 1. These Regulations may be cited as the Scottish Parliament Elections (Returning Officer Fees and Charges) Amendment Regulations 2021 and come into force on 6 April 2021.

Amendment of the Scottish Parliament Elections (Returning Officer Fees and Charges) Regulations 2021 2. —(1) The Scottish Parliament Elections (Returning Officer Fees and Charges) Regulations 2021(b) are amended as follows. (2) For the schedule substitute—

“SCHEDULE Regulations 3, 4 and 5 Maximum total recoverable amounts and maximum recoverable amounts for returning officers’ specified services and specified expenses for Scottish Parliament constituency polls

(1) (2) (3) (4) Local authority Maximum Maximum Maximum total recoverable recoverable recoverable amount for amount for amount specified services specified expenses City Council £13,564 £731,004 £744,568

(a) S.S.I. 2015/425. (b) S.S.I. 2021/155. Aberdeenshire Council £13,427 £673,479 £686,906 Angus Council £8,714 £434,709 £443,423 Argyll and Bute Council £4,263 £346,206 £350,469 City of Edinburgh £27,628 £2,030,196 £2,057,824 Council Clackmannanshire £4,263 £245,900 £250,163 Council Comhairle Nan Eilean £4,263 £127,314 £131,577 Siar Dumfries and Galloway £9,486 £662,214 £671,700 Council City Council £8,649 £401,199 £409,848 East Ayrshire Council £9,882 £492,507 £502,389 East Dunbartonshire £4,881 £189,549 £194,430 Council East Lothian Council £4,511 £207,753 £212,264 East Renfrewshire £4,263 £202,431 £206,694 Council Falkirk Council £9,313 £367,253 £376,566 Fife Council £22,986 £933,204 £956,190 Glasgow City Council £35,737 £1,931,898 £1,967,635 Highland Council £14,234 £820,845 £835,079 Inverclyde Council £4,617 £215,420 £220,037 Midlothian Council £4,664 £226,038 £230,702 Moray Council £4,596 £235,902 £240,498 North Ayrshire Council £8,862 £413,322 £422,184 North Lanarkshire £21,882 £1,445,343 £1,467,225 Council Orkney Islands Council £4,263 £67,682 £71,945 Perth and Kinross £8,861 £449,499 £458,360 Council Renfrewshire Council £12,788 £706,194 £718,982 Scottish Borders Council £9,140 £446,183 £455,323 Shetland Islands Council £4,263 £78,324 £82,587 South Ayrshire Council £5,017 £305,829 £310,846 South Lanarkshire £18,907 £998,312 £1,017,219 Council Stirling Council £4,300 £184,395 £188,695 West Dunbartonshire £8,815 £432,156 £440,971 Council West Lothian Council £10,066 £426,090 £436,156”.

GRAEME DEY Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh At 10.51 a.m. on 24th March 2021

2 EXPLANATORY NOTE (This note is not part of the Regulations) These Regulations amend the Scottish Parliament Elections (Returning Officer Fees and Charges) Regulations 2021 by replacing the schedule in those Regulations.

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