S.I. No. 102/1945 -- Presidential and Local Elections (Local Returning Officers' Charges and Accounts) Regulations, 1945.
No. 102/1945: PRESIDENTIAL AND LOCAL ELECTIONS (LOCAL RETURNING OFFICERS' CHARGES AND ACCOUNTS) REGULATIONS, 1945. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
PRESIDENTIAL AND LOCAL ELECTIONS (LOCAL RETURNING OFFICERS' CHARGES AND ACCOUNTS) REGULATIONS, 1945. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Minister for Finance, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by subsection (5) of section 21 of the Presidential Elections Act, 1937 (No. 32 of 1937), as extended by section 12 of the Presidential and Local Elections Act, 1945 (No. 15 of 1945), and of every and any other power him in this behalf enabling, hereby makes the following regulations : | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1. These regulations may be cited as the Presidential and Local Elections (Local Returning Officers Charges and Accounts) Regulations. 1945. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2. These regulations apply only to the 1945 presidential election and the 1945 local elections. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3. The Interpretation Act, 1937 (No. 38 of 1937), applies to these regulations. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
4. In these regulations. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
the word " electors " means, in relation to the ascertainment of the maximum sum payable to a local returning officer, the number of persons registered in the register of Dáil electors for the constituency in respect of which he is the local returning officer : | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
the word " accounts " means the accounts of a local returning officer in respect of services and expenses which have been properly rendered or incurred by him for the purposes of or in connection with the 1945 presidential election and the 1945 local elections. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5. The scale of maximum charges for the purposes of section 21 of the Presidential Elections Act, 1937 , as extended by section 12 of the Presidential and Local Elections Act, 1945 , to be paid to local returning officers shall be the scale set forth in Part 1 of the Schedule to these regulations and the said charges shall, to the extent provided for in Part II of the said Schedule, be apportioned in accordance with the said Part II. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
6. The accounts shall be rendered to the Minister for Finance within a period of ten weeks from the last day for receiving nominations at the 1945 presidential election by being addressed and sent to the Secretary, Department of Finance, Upper Merrion Street, Dublin. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
7. The accounts shall be accompanied by a declaration made and subscribed by the local returning officer rendering them and every such declaration shall be in the following form :— | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
I declare that the accounts rendered by me in respect of my services and disbursements are correct to the best of my knowledge and belief. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(Signed) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
8. In the case of disbursements which have been already settled, vouchers and receipts shall be submitted with the accounts, and in the case of charges which have not been settled the relevant bills shall be submitted with the accounts. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9. The accounts shall be prepared in such form as will show the items of expenditure and the total thereof under each of the various headings specified in the appropriate scale of maximum charges. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10. In rendering the accounts due regard shall be had to any directions issued by the Minister for Finance to local returning officers with reference to the particulars and information to be furnished in support of claims for payment out of the Central Fund. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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SCHEDULE | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
PART I | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(A) FEES TO LOCAL RETURNING OFFICER WHO IS NOT A COUNTY REGISTRAR. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(1) For conducting the election and generally performing all the duties which a local returning officer is required by law to perform (other than duties in connection with the matters specially provided for at paragraphs (2) and (3) below) :— | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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(2) For despatch and receipt of ballot papers of postal voters :— | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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(B) DISBURSEMENTS OF LOCAL RETURNING OFFICER. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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PART II | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
APPORTIONMENT OF EXPENSES. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
All disbursements made under paragraphs (1), (3) (c), (3) (g), (3) (i) and (3) (j) of Part 1 (B) of this Schedule shall be added together and (a) where they relate to the presidential election and to an election of members of a county or county borough council, one-half of the aggregate of such disbursements shall be repaid to the Minister for Finance by such county or county borough, (b) where they relate to the presidential election and to an election of members of an urban district council (including members of a council of a borough not a county borough and commissioners of a town), one-half shall be repaid to the said Minister by such borough or urban district council or town commissioners as the case may be, (c) where they relate to the presidential election and to elections of members of a county council and members of an urban district council (including members of a council of a borough not a county borough and commissioners of a town) one-third shall be repaid to the said Minister by such county council and one-third by such borough council, urban district council or town commissioners as the case may be, and (d) where they relate solely to an election of members of any one of the following bodies, that is to say, a county council, an urban district council, the council of a borough not being a county borough or the commissioners of a town, the entire amount shall be repaid to the said Minister by such body. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Finance, this 18th day of May, 1945. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(Signed) J. J. McELLIGOTT, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Secretary. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||