# The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections Order 2012, Paragraph 54: Re-count


(1) A person within paragraph (3) who is present on completion of the counting (or any re-count) of the votes in a voting area may require that the votes be re-counted or again re-counted.
(2) The local returning officer may refuse to have the votes re-counted if in the local returning officer's opinion the requirement is unreasonable.
(3) The persons within this paragraph are—
(a) the candidates;
(b) the election agents;
(c) the counting agents who, in relation to the count or re-count, are authorised under rule 31(2).
(4) No step is to be taken on the completion of the counting (or any re-count) of votes until the persons within paragraph (3) who are present at its completion have been given a reasonable opportunity to exercise the right conferred by this rule.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/1917/schedule/3/paragraph/54 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/police-and-crime-commissioner-elections-order-2012/schedule-3/paragraph-54
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