
1 
This Order may be cited as the Scottish Independence Referendum (Chief Counting Officer and Counting Officer Charges and Expenses) Order 2015 and comes into force on 30th November 2015.
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 £509,880.
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 £484,880.
(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.
9 
The Scottish Independence Referendum (Chief Counting Officer and Counting Officer Charges and Expenses) Order 2014 is revoked.
JOHN SWINNEY
A member of the Scottish Government
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
29th October 2015
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 8,267 486,735 495,002
Aberdeenshire 9,521 563,158 572,679
Angus 4,227 241,554 245,781
Argyll & Bute 3,248 266,975 270,223
Clackmannanshire 2,500 111,199 113,699
Dumfries & Galloway 5,652 370,593 376,245
Dundee City 5,212 245,225 250,437
East Ayrshire 4,639 253,520 258,159
East Dunbartonshire 3,965 157,370 161,335
East Lothian 3,760 174,711 178,471
East Renfrewshire 3,421 177,239 180,660
Edinburgh (City of) 16,777 1,156,029 1,172,806
Eilean Siar 2,500 71,539 74,039
Falkirk 5,536 282,985 288,521
Fife 13,789 591,044 604,833
Glasgow City 22,648 1,050,273 1,072,921
Highland 8,821 498,934 507,755
Inverclyde 2,998 161,488 164,486
Midlothian 3,135 130,697 133,832
Moray 3,421 177,123 180,544
North Ayrshire 5,283 280,668 285,951
North Lanarkshire 11,957 777,186 789,143
Orkney Islands 2,500 50,106 52,606
Perth & Kinross 5,414 288,103 293,517
Renfrewshire 6,369 377,130 383,499
Scottish Borders 4,368 267,710 272,078
Shetland Islands 2,500 50,640 53,140
South Ayrshire 4,364 254,289 258,653
South Lanarkshire 11,776 581,162 592,938
Stirling 3,152 150,224 153,376
West Dunbartonshire 3,261 156,437 159,698
West Lothian 6,297 292,914 299,211