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Local Electoral Act 2001

Recounts and inquiries - Application by electoral officer for inquiry into election or poll

102B: Preliminary or official results not to be announced or declared

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"No announcing election results while an inquiry is happening"

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If you make an application for an inquiry into an election or poll, the electoral officer cannot announce the preliminary results or declare the official result, except as stated in sections 85 and 86. You should know this rule applies unless the District Court says otherwise or section 102G(2) says it does not apply. This means the electoral officer must wait before making any announcements about the results.

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Part 4Recounts and inquiries
Application by electoral officer for inquiry into election or poll

102BPreliminary or official results not to be announced or declared

  1. After an application for an inquiry has been made in respect of an election or poll, the electoral officer must not, despite sections 85 and 86,—

  2. make any announcement (or any further announcement) of the preliminary results of the election or poll; or
    1. declare the official result of the election or poll.

      1. Subsection (1) applies subject to section 102G(2) and to any order of the District Court.

      Notes
      • Section 102B: inserted, on , by section 10 of the Local Electoral Matters Act 2019 (2019 No 7).