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Paragraph 64X Re-countF1

(1)

The returning officer, on completion of each stage of the count, must inform all the candidates and their election agents then present of the intention, subject to a request for a re-count, to proceed to the next stage.

(2)

Before the returning officer proceeds, any candidate or election agent present at the count may request that a re-count be undertaken of the last completed stage.

(3)

The returning officer must comply with the request unless the returning officer’s opinion is that the request is unreasonable.

(4)

If no request is made the returning officer must proceed with the next stage of the count.

(5)

Where, as a result of a re-count an error is discovered, the returning officer must, where necessary, amend any results that have been previously announced.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Sch. 2 Pt. 4A inserted (9.10.2023) by The Local Elections (Principal Areas) (Single Transferable Vote) (Wales) Rules 2023 (S.I. 2023/1064), rules 1(2), 8(2)

Notes on Schedule 2

Modifications

C1

Sch. 2 applied (with modifications) (18.7.2025) by The Senedd Cymru (Representation of the People) Order 2025 (S.I. 2025/864), art. 1(2), Sch. 3 paras. 22, 25 (with art. 1(4))