Queensland Consolidated Acts

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTORAL ACT 2011 - SECT 96A

96A Re-counting of votes

(1) At any time before the following happens, the electoral commission may direct the returning officer, or another member of the electoral commission’s staff, to re-count some or all of the ballot papers for an election—

(a) the result of the poll for the election is notified by the electoral commission under section 100 ;

(b) the electoral commission refers a matter to the Court of Disputed Returns under part 7 .

(2) The returning officer may re-count some or all of the ballot papers for the election at any time before the results of the election are notified.

(3) A person carrying out a re-count of ballot papers must, so far as practicable, ensure that the requirements of section 95 are complied with.

(4) This section does not limit by implication section 9 (5) .