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Local Electoral Act 2001

Recounts and inquiries - Petition for inquiry into election or poll

98: Result of inquiry

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"The Judge's Decision on an Election or Poll Investigation"

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You ask a District Court Judge to look into an election or poll. The Judge decides if the election or poll is void because of something that went wrong. The Judge also decides who was elected or if a proposal was agreed to.

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Part 4Recounts and inquiries
Petition for inquiry into election or poll

98Result of inquiry

  1. The District Court Judge must determine whether,—

  2. as a result of an irregularity that in the Judge's opinion materially affected the result of the election or poll, the election or poll is void:
    1. in the case of an election, the candidate whose election is complained of, or any and which other candidate, was elected:
      1. in the case of a poll, any and which proposal was carried.

        Compare
        • 1976 No 144 s 104