Electoral costs and expenses
87 Electoral costs and expenses
If the returning officer for an election is the Electoral Commissioner, the reasonable costs and expenses of conducting the election, including the costs and expenses incurred by the Electoral Commissioner, are payable from the funds of the relevant council and may be recovered from the council as a debt.
The reasonable costs and expenses of conducting an election
are to be determined in accordance with an agreement between the council and the Electoral Commissioner.
If there is no agreement under subregulation (2), the Electoral
Commissioner may commence a proceeding in a court to recover the reasonable costs and expenses incurred by the Electoral Commissioner as a debt due to the Electoral Commission.
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