Presidential Elections (Local Returning Officers' Charges and Accounts) Regulations, 1990.
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

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paragraphs: These Regulations may be cited as the Presidential Elections (Local Returning Officers' Charges and Accounts) Regulations, 1990.
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paragraphs: The Interpretation Act, 1937 (No. 38 of 1937), applies to these Regulations.
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paragraphs: In these Regulations—
"accounts" means the accounts of a local returning officer in respect of services and expenses which have been properly rendered or incurred by such officer for the purposes of or in connection with a presidential election;
"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 presidential electors for the constituency in respect of which such officer is the local returning officer.
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paragraphs: The scale of maximum charges for the purposes of section 21 of the Presidential Elections Act, 1937 (No. 32 of 1937), as extended by section 44 of the Electoral Act, 1963 (No. 19 of 1963), and by section 26 of the Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Act, 1986 (No. 35 of 1986), to be paid to local returning officers shall be the scale set forth in the Schedule to these Regulations.
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paragraphs: The accounts shall be rendered to the Minister for Finance by being sent to the Accountant, Department of Finance, Accounts Branch, Setanta Centre, Nassau Street, Dublin 2, within the period of 26 weeks beginning on the day appointed pursuant to section 6 (1) (a) of the Presidential Elections Act, 1937 , to be the last day on which the presidential returning officer may receive nominations for the election.
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paragraphs: 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 hereby declare that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the accounts which are rendered by me in respect of the services and expenses rendered or incurred by me and accompany this declaration are correct.
Signed, ".
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paragraphs: 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 or other documents shall be submitted with the accounts.
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paragraphs: The accounts shall classify and show the disbursements and other charges claimed, together with their totals, in the same manner as the charges allowable under these Regulations are classified in the scale of maximum charges set out in the Schedule to these Regulations.
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paragraphs: 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 payments out of the Central Fund.
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paragraphs: Nothing in these Regulations shall be taken as authorising more than one charge in respect of a particular disbursement.
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paragraphs: The scale of maximum charges to be paid to local returning officers prescribed by the Presidential Elections (Local Returning Officers' Charges and Accounts) Regulations, 1984 ( S.I. No. 64 of 1984 ), shall not apply to any presidential election held after 1984.
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paragraphs: The Presidential Elections (Local Returning Officers' Charges and Accounts) Regulations, 1977 ( S.I. No. 45 of 1977 ), and the Presidential Elections (Local Returning Officers' Charges and Accounts) Regulations, 1984 ( S.I. No. 64 of 1984 ) are hereby revoked.