Acts and Regulations

2022-42 - Tariff of Fees

Section 5
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Rental fees and fees for holding additional polls
5(1)The following are the rental fees payable with respect to an election:
(a) for an office to be used by a returning officer for an election in an electoral district, the amount actually and reasonably incurred, as supported by original receipts or invoices;
(b) for the use of a building or a part of a building as a polling station on an advance polling day, including heat, lights and cleaning services,
(i) if the polling station has vote tabulation machines, $480 per vote tabulation machine per day, and
(ii) if the polling station does not have vote tabulation machines, $480 per day; and
(c) for the use of a building or a part of a building as a polling station on an ordinary polling day, including heat, lights and cleaning services, $280 or $135 per polling division assigned to the polling station, whichever is greater.
5(2)The following fees are payable for holding an additional poll at
(a) a treatment centre, including heat, lights, cleaning services and the attendance of a staff member of the treatment centre, $150 per additional poll, and
(b) any location other than a treatment centre, the amount actually and reasonably incurred, as supported by an original receipt or invoice.
5(3)Despite paragraphs (1)(b) and (c) and (2)(a), the rental fees payable with respect to polling stations and the fee payable for holding an additional poll may be adjusted in exceptional circumstances, with the written approval of the Chief Electoral Officer, to the amount actually and reasonably incurred, supported by original receipts or invoices.