68Expenses for polls and elections

68 Expenses for polls and elections

68 Expenses for polls and elections

(1) A returning officer must, before conducting a poll or election, give the relevant committee an estimate of the expenses likely to be incurred by the returning officer in conducting the poll or election.

(2) The committee must, before the poll or election, pay the returning officer an amount equal to the estimate.

(3) The committee must, after the poll or election, pay the returning officer the amount, if any, by which the actual expenses incurred in conducting the poll or election exceed the estimate.

(4) The returning officer must refund to the committee any amount by which the estimate exceeds the actual expenses incurred in conducting the poll or election.