As part of your annual planning process, you will need to consider what budget you require in order to carry out your statutory functions. The budget for registration should be settled between you and the council which appointed you, and that should be sufficient to allow you to fulfil your duty to maintain the register.
This should include all activity involved in both:
conducting the annual canvass
maintaining the completeness and accuracy of the register throughout the year, through both automatic voter registration processes and the sending of invitations to register to vote
You should properly account for the expenses of registration you incur and liaise with the council to agree a suitable accounting process and budget.
While we recognise the increasing budget pressures facing local authorities which force difficult choices between competing statutory services, a lack of resources does not exempt you from complying with the law.