Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) The Commission may, at any time before a candidate is declared to be elected, direct an authorised officer for a division to recount any ballot papers placed in a parcel under this Part.
(2) The Commission may give the direction:
(a) on receipt of a written request by a candidate stating the reasons for it; or
(b) on the Commission's own initiative.
(3) This Part applies to the recount and any decision made earlier in the scrutiny relating to the admission or rejection of a ballot paper as a formal ballot paper may be reversed.
(4) The officer must, if required by a candidate's scrutineer, refer any question relating to the formal or informal nature of a ballot paper to the Commission.
(5) The Commission must decide the question.