PART 2REGULATIONS FOR THE CONDUCT OF THE REFERENDUM IN THE UNITED KINGDOM
Counting of votes
Re-count47
1
A person within paragraph (2) who is present at the completion of the counting (or any re-count) of the votes in a voting area may require the counting officer to have the votes for that area re-counted (or again re-counted), but the counting officer may refuse to do so if in the officer’s opinion the requirement is unreasonable.
2
The persons within this paragraph are—
a
referendum agents;
b
counting agents who, in relation to the count (or re-count), are designated under regulation 23(2).
3
No step is to be taken on the completion of the counting (or any re-count) of the votes until the persons within paragraph (2) present at its completion have been given a reasonable opportunity to exercise the right conferred by this regulation.
4
A counting officer may not conduct a re-count once a direction has been given under regulation 49(3)(b).