Regulation 41 Electronic counting

Subject to paragraph (3) and regulation 54, the returning officer is to provide an electronic counting system and the count is then conducted by means of such electronic system.

For the purposes of enabling the count to be conducted using the electronic counting system, the returning officer may carry out any functions or perform any procedure to be undertaken in connection with the count by electronic means and the references to ballot papers include references to such ballot papers recreated in electronic form.

If it proves impossible, impracticable or inefficient to conduct the count or some or all of the operations comprising the count using the electronic counting system, the returning officer may make arrangements for the count or such operations, as the case may be, to be conducted by other means.