Counting officer’s re-count
37.—(1) A person within paragraph (2) who is present at the completion of the counting (including any re-count) of the votes in a voting area may require the counting officer to have the votes re-counted (including again re-counted), but the counting officer may refuse to do so if in the counting officer’s opinion the request is unreasonable.
(2) The persons within this paragraph are —
(a)referendum agents; and
(b)designated counting agents.
(3) No step is to be taken on the completion of the counting (including any re-count) of votes until the persons within paragraph (2) present at its completion have been given a reasonable opportunity to exercise the right conferred by this rule.
(4) A counting officer must not conduct a re-count under this rule once a direction has been given by the Chief Counting Officer under rule 39(1).