S.I. No. 203/1961:

RETURNING OFFICERS' (BOROUGH AND COUNTY CONSTITUENCIES) CHARGES ORDER, 1961.

RETURNING OFFICERS' (BOROUGH AND COUNTY CONSTITUENCIES) CHARGES ORDER, 1961.

I, SÉAMAS Ó RIAIN, Minister For Finance, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by subsection (5) of section 25 of the Electoral Act, 1923 (No. 12 of 1923) hereby order as follows:

1. (1) This Order may be cited as the Returning Officers' (Borough and County Constituencies) Charges Order, 1961.

(2) The Returning Officers' (Borough and County Constituencies) Charges Orders, 1937 to 1951, the Returning Officers' (Borough and County Constituencies) Bye-Elections Charges Orders, 1938 to 1952 and this Order may be cited together as the Returning Officers' (Borough and County Constituencies) Charges Orders, 1937 to 1961.

2. In this Order--

"Order of 1937" means the Returning Officers' (Borough and County Constituencies) Charges Order, 1937 (S.R. & O., No. 143 of 1937);

"Order of 1951" means the Returning Officers' (Borough and County Constituencies) Charges Order, 1951 ( S.I. No. 140 of 1951 ).

3. The Returning Officers' (Borough and County Constituencies) Charges Orders, 1937 to 1951, shall have effect subject to the following changes in section B of Part II of the Schedule to the Order of 1937:

(I) for the references (inserted by the Order of 1951) in subparagraph (a) of paragraph (1) to £4 Os. Od. and £5 Os. Od. there shall be substituted references to £4 15s. Od. and £5 15s. Od., respectively;

(II) for the reference (inserted by the Order of 1951) in subparagraph (b) of the said paragraph (1) to £2 Os. Od. there shall be substituted a reference to £2 10s. Od.;

(III) for the references (inserted by the Order of 1951) in paragraph (2) to 4s. 6d., 5s. Od. and 5s. 6d. there shall be substituted references to 5s. 6d., 6s. Od. and 6s. 6d., respectively;

(IV) for the references (inserted by the Returning Officers' (Borough and County Constituencies) Charges Order, 1947 (S.R. & O., No. 341 of 1947) ) in subparagraph (a) of paragraph 3 to 7s. 6d. and 7s. 0d. there shall be substituted references to 8s. 6d. and 8s. Od., respectively.

4. In its application in relation to a general election the Order of 1937 shall have effect subject to the substitution in subparagraph (a) of paragraph 1 of Part I of the Schedule of "Schedule to the Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1961 (No. 19 of 1961)" for "First Schedule to the Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1947" (inserted by the Returning Officers' (Borough and County Constituencies) Charges Order, 1948 ( S.I. No. 23 of 1948 )).

5. The Returning Officers' (Borough and County Constituencies) Bye-Election Charges Order, 1938 (S.R. & O. No., 142 of 1938), shall have effect subject to the substitution for the definition of the word "constituency" (inserted by the Returning Officers' (Borough and County Constituencies) Bye-Election Charges Order, 1948 ( S.I. No. 416 of 1948 )) of the following:

"constituency" means any constituency named in the Schedule to the Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1961 (No. 19 of 1961);'.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 15th day of September, 1961.

SÉAMAS Ó RIAIN,

Minister for Finance.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Order increases the disbursements for Presiding Officers, Poll Clerks, counting of votes and clerical, etc., assistance at General Elections. It, also, redefines "constituency" as any constituency named in the Schedule to the Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1961 .