LOCAL GOVERNMENT (ELECTIONS) ACT 1999 - SECT 50

LOCAL GOVERNMENT (ELECTIONS) ACT 1999 - SECT 50

50—Declaration of results and certificate

        (1)         If the period for requesting a recount for an election expires without such a request having been made and the returning officer has not decided to initiate a recount, the returning officer must confirm the relevant provisional declarations, and immediately make out a return to the chief executive officer certifying the election of specified candidates to specified vacancies.

        (2)         If a recount is made, the returning officer must, according to the result of the recount—

            (a)         confirm the relevant provisional declaration; or

            (b)         revoke the provisional declaration and make a final declaration in accordance with the result of the recount,

and then immediately make out a return to the chief executive officer certifying the result of the election accordingly.

        (3)         The returning officer—

            (a)         must notify all candidates, in writing, of the result of the election; and

            (b)         must within one month after the conclusion of the election cause public notice to be given of the result of the election.

        (4)         When the returning officer certifies the result of an election under subsection (1) or (2)—

            (a)         in the case of a supplementary election—the election of the candidate or candidates takes effect immediately;

            (b)         in any other case—the election of the candidate or candidates will take effect at the conclusion of all of the elections for the council with the same polling day.