Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011

Counting officers etc: correction of procedural errors

7 (1) A Regional Counting Officer or counting officer may take whatever steps the officer thinks appropriate to remedy any act or omission on the part of the officer or a relevant person that—

(a) arises in connection with any function that the officer or relevant person has in relation to the referendum, and

(b) is not in accordance with the referendum rules or any other requirements applicable to the referendum.

(2) But a counting officer may not under this paragraph conduct a re-count of the votes once a direction has been given under rule 43(3)(b) of the referendum rules.

(3) The relevant persons are—

(a) a registration officer;

(b) a presiding officer appointed under rule 14 of the referendum rules;

(c) a clerk of, or a person providing goods or services to, the Regional Counting Officer or the counting officer;

(d) a deputy or assistant of—

(i) the Regional Counting Officer or the counting officer, or

(ii) a person mentioned in paragraph (a), (b) or (c).

(4) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (3)(d) a person (“A”) is an assistant of another person (“P”) if—

(a) A is appointed to assist P, or

(b) in the course of employment A is assisting P,

in connection with any function in relation to the referendum.