Section 307 of the Principal Act is amended as follows:

(a) by omitting subsection (3B) ;

(b) by inserting the following subsection after subsection (6) :

(7)  The Electoral Commissioner must not disclose to a person the results, of a recount in respect of a hypothetical casual vacancy, that may be obtained by performing an electronic calculation based on any electronic records of ballot papers, completed by electors or former electors, that are held in an electronic form by the Electoral Commissioner.