A candidate, the candidate's election agent or the counting agent designated under rule 29(3) may, if present when the counting or any re-count of the votes F1... is completed, require the returning officer to have the votes re-counted or again re-counted but the returning officer may refuse to do so if in the returning officer's opinion the request is unreasonable.

No step shall be taken on the completion of the counting or any re-count of votesF2... until the candidates and election agents present at its completion have been given a reasonable opportunity to exercise the right conferred by this rule.