251Expenses involved in postal ballots on requisition

251 Expenses involved in postal ballots on requisition

251 Expenses involved in postal ballots on requisition

(1) All reasonable expenses incurred by a co-operative in preparing for and holding a special postal ballot are taken to form the expenses of the postal ballot conducted for the purposes of section 250.

(2) Those expenses include (but are not limited to) the following expenses—

(a) the cost of obtaining expert advice (including legal and financial advice) and of commissioning expert reports;

(b) costs attributable to the use of staff of the co-operative in preparing for and holding the ballot;

(c) the cost of producing, printing and posting the ballot papers and other material associated with the ballot.