Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations(1) At any time before notification of the result of the poll for an election is given under regulation 3.27, the returning officer:
(a) on his or her own initiative--may conduct a recount of any ballot - papers received in the election; or
(b) if a candidate makes a request, either orally or in writing, for a recount of any ballot - papers received in the election and gives reasons for the request--must conduct a recount of the ballot - papers.
(2) In conducting a recount, the returning officer:
(a) in the case of a poll by secret ballot--has the same powers for the purposes of the recount as he or she had in the count; and
(b) in any other case--may make any reasonable decision in respect of the allowance and admission, or disallowance and rejection, of a vote cast in the poll.