Compensation to election officers
123(1)The compensation of returning officers and other persons employed at or with respect to an election under this Act and all expenses consequent thereupon shall be paid by the Minister of Finance and Treasury Board out of the Consolidated Fund, in accordance with the tariff of fees prescribed by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council.
123(2)The Lieutenant-Governor in Council may make regulations prescribing a tariff of fees applicable for payment of returning officers, others employed at or with respect to an election under this Act and members of the advisory committee.
123(3)All such fees, costs, allowances and expenses shall be paid by separate cheques issued from the office of the Minister of Finance and Treasury Board and sent directly to each person entitled to payment.
123(4)The returning officer shall certify all accounts submitted by him to the Chief Electoral Officer, and is responsible for their correctness.
123(5)Repealed: 2010, c.6, s.122
123(6)Any expenses incurred by the Chief Electoral Officer for printing election material, for the purchase of election supplies, and for anything pertaining to the carrying on of any election shall be certified by him, and the accounts forwarded to, and when approved, shall be paid by the Minister of Finance and Treasury Board.
123(7)Notwithstanding anything in this section, the rights, if any, of all claimants to compel payment or further payment by process of law remain unimpaired.
1967, c.9, s.123; O.C. 68-516; 1973, c.74, s.29; 1998, c.32, s.78; 2010, c.6, s.122; 2019, c.29, s.44