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LOCAL GOVERNMENT (ELECTIONS) ACT 1999 - SECT 54

54—Declaration of results and certificate

        (1)         If the period for requesting a recount for a poll 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 provisional declaration, and make out a return to the council certifying the result of the poll.

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

            (a)         confirm the provisional declaration; or

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

and make out a return to the council certifying the result of the poll accordingly.

        (3)         The returning officer must within one month after the conclusion of the poll cause public notice to be given of the result of the poll.



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