LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1993 - SECT 317
Validity of elections
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1993 - SECT 317
Validity of elections
317 Validity of elections
(1) An election is not invalid just because--
(a)
there was a formal defect or error in or relating to the election, if the
election was held substantially in accordance with this Act, or
(b) there was
a defect in the appointment of the returning officer, or
(c) the time for
closing the poll for postal voting was extended with the approval of the
Electoral Commissioner or returning officer (in relation to an election
administered by the Electoral Commissioner) or an electoral services provider
or returning officer (in relation to an election administered by an electoral
services provider) conducting the election, or
(d) on polling day the name of
a political party, or the abbreviation of that name, as registered in the
Local Government Register of Political Parties appears printed adjacent to the
name of a candidate on the ballot-papers for the election, but between the
time the candidate was endorsed by the party and the polling day the candidate
has ceased to be so endorsed.
(2) A proclamation of the Governor to the
effect that a specified irregularity does not invalidate an election is
conclusive as to the matter stated in the proclamation.
