
1 
This Order may be cited as the Scottish Independence Referendum (Chief Counting Officer and Counting Officer Charges and Expenses) Order 2014 and comes into force on 5th May 2014.
2 
In this Order “the referendum” means the referendum on a question about the independence of Scotland provided for by the Scottish Independence Referendum Act 2013.
3 
The overall maximum amount recoverable by the Chief Counting Officer in respect of the referendum is £350,000.
4 

(1) The total of the charges recoverable by the Chief Counting Officer in respect of the specified services for the referendum cannot exceed £25,000.
(2) The specified services are making arrangements for the referendum and discharging the Chief Counting Officer’s duties at the referendum.
5 

(1) The total of the expenses recoverable by the Chief Counting Officer in respect of the specified expenses for the referendum cannot exceed £325,000.
(2) The specified expenses are costs associated with—
(a) the making and management of arrangements for the referendum, including the appointment and payment of persons to assist the Chief Counting Officer;
(b) printing, producing and disseminating directions, guidance and forms to counting officers;
(c) the collation of the result of the referendum for the whole of Scotland; and
(d) communications relating to the referendum and its result.
6 
The overall maximum amount recoverable by a counting officer in respect of the referendum for each local government area is the amount listed in column 4 of the table in the Schedule to this Order.
7 

(1) The total of the charges recoverable by a counting officer in respect of the specified services for the referendum cannot exceed the amount listed for each local government area in column 2 of the table in the Schedule to this Order.
(2) The specified services are making arrangements for and conducting the referendum, and discharging the counting officer’s duties at the referendum.
8 

(1) The total of the expenses recoverable by a counting officer in respect of the specified expenses for the referendum cannot exceed the amount listed for each local government area in column 3 of the table in the Schedule to this Order.
(2) The specified expenses are—
(a) the appointment and payment of persons to assist the counting officer;
(b) travel and overnight subsistence for the counting officer and any person appointed to assist the counting officer;
(c) printing or otherwise producing the ballot paper;
(d) printing, producing or purchasing stationery to be used for or in connection with postal voting;
(e) printing or otherwise producing and arranging for the delivery of the poll cards required by rule 11 of schedule 3 to the Scottish Independence Referendum Act 2013;
(f) printing or otherwise producing and, where appropriate, publishing notices, lists and any other documents required for, or in connection with, the referendum;
(g) renting, heating, lighting, cleaning, adapting or restoring any building or room;
(h) providing and transporting equipment;
(i) providing information and communications technology equipment and software and associated costs;
(j) providing security, including any necessary storage of ballot boxes, ballot papers, postal voting statements and documents used to verify personal identifiers on postal voting statements;
(k) conducting the verification of personal identifiers on postal voting statements and the count (including counting and recording the number of ballot papers, counting the votes and any recount);
(l) providing and receiving training; and
(m) providing stationery and meeting postage, telephone, printing, translation and banking costs and the costs of other miscellaneous items.
NICOLA STURGEON
A member of the Scottish Government
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
2nd April 2014
SCHEDULE
Articles 6, 7 and 8


Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4
Local government area Maximum recoverable amount for specified services Maximum recoverable amount for specified expenses Overall maximum recoverable amount
 £ £ £
Aberdeen City 8,267 369,080 377,347
Aberdeenshire 9,521 430,220 439,741
Angus 4,227 217,932 222,159
Argyll & Bute 3,248 245,272 248,520
Clackmannanshire 2,500 85,465 87,965
Dumfries & Galloway 5,652 284,552 290,204
Dundee City 5,212 226,147 231,359
East Ayrshire 4,639 197,301 201,940
East Dunbartonshire 3,965 165,291 169,256
East Lothian 3,760 167,265 171,025
East Renfrewshire 3,421 155,855 159,276
Edinburgh (City of) 16,777 720,790 737,567
Eilean Siar 2,500 82,962 85,462
Falkirk 5,536 215,235 220,771
Fife 13,789 614,982 628,771
Glasgow City 22,648 925,123 947,771
Highland 8,821 443,683 452,504
Inverclyde 2,998 126,079 129,077
Midlothian 3,135 130,979 134,114
Moray 3,421 148,114 151,535
North Ayrshire 5,283 212,155 217,438
North Lanarkshire 11,957 488,947 500,904
Orkney Islands 2,500 41,667 44,167
Perth & Kinross 5,414 253,786 259,200
Renfrewshire 6,369 278,990 285,359
Scottish Borders 4,368 223,726 228,094
Shetland Islands 2,500 49,967 52,467
South Ayrshire 4,364 201,925 206,289
South Lanarkshire 11,776 514,858 526,634
Stirling 3,152 137,452 140,604
West Dunbartonshire 3,261 146,999 150,260
West Lothian 6,297 264,573 270,870