Validity of PCC election
15. No PCC election may be declared invalid by reason of any act or omission by any police area returning officer, local returning officer or other person in breach of his or her official duty in connection with the election or otherwise of the PCC elections rules if it appears to the tribunal having cognizance of the question that—
(a)the election was so conducted as to be substantially in accordance with the law as to PCC elections, and
(b)the act or omission did not affect the result.