Commonwealth Numbered Acts

REFERENDUM (MACHINERY PROVISIONS) ACT 1984 No. 44, 1984 - SECT 95

95. (1) At any time before preparing a statement pursuant to section 97, the
Australian Electoral Officer for a State or Territory may, if he thinks fit,
and shall, if directed to do so by the Electoral Commissioner, direct the
Divisional Returning Officer for a Division of that State or that Territory to
make a recount of the ballot-papers contained in any parcel relating to that
Division.

(2) The Electoral Commissioner may, if requested to do so by the
Governor-General, the Governor of a State or the Administrator of the Northern
Territory, or of his own motion, direct a recount of any ballot-papers.

(3) The officer conducting a recount shall have the same powers as if the
recount were the scrutiny, and may reverse any decision taken at the scrutiny
as to the allowance or rejection of any ballot-paper.