130Recount

130 Recount (1) The Commission may, at any time before a candidate is declared to be elected, direct an authorised officer for a division to recount any ballot papers placed in a parcel under this Part. (2) The Commission may give the direction: (a) on receipt of a written request by a candidate stating the reasons for it; or (b) on the Commission's own initiative.

Electoral Act 2004 71 (3) This Part applies to the recount and any decision made earlier in the scrutiny relating to the admission or rejection of a ballot paper as a formal ballot paper may be reversed. (4) The officer must, if required by a candidate's scrutineer, refer any question relating to the formal or informal nature of a ballot paper to (5) The Commission must decide the question.