Communities and Local Government

As part of its programme of devolution and constitutional change, the Government issued a consultation paper on its proposals for establishing elected regional assemblies in those English regions that wanted them. After a soundings exercise, the Deputy Prime Minister announced in June 2003 that the North East, North West, and Yorkshire and the Humber regions would be the first regions to progress towards a referendum on an elected assembly.

The Regional Assemblies (Preparations) Act 2003 provided for the holding of regional and local referendums. The Act allowed the Electoral Commission to pay counting officers for the charges and expenses they incurred in connection with the referendums. Provision for the Electoral Commission to pay counting officers was to be set out in an Order which would be subject to parliamentary approval. This consultation paper set out the Government's position on what should be in the proposed Order and invited responses from the public.  

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• Fees and charges for counting officers in the regional and local referendums