6.—(1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1 the [F2district] returning officer, . . . F1 may make arrangements for the votes to be counted not by electoral areas, but for the [F2district] . . . F1 as a whole or by such divisions of it as he thinks most convenient, and where arrangements are so made, the counting for the [F2district] . . . F1 as a whole or for each division of it, as the case may be, shall be carried out as it would be if that were the electoral area for which an election were being held, . . . F1.
(2)Where the votes are counted otherwise than for the [F2district] . . . F1 as a whole, then on the completion of the counting or any recount for an electoral area or other division the person acting as returning officer for the purpose (if he is not the [F2district] returning officer . . . F1 shall forthwith notify the county returning officer . . . F1 of the number of votes counted on either side, but no other step shall be taken (except proper steps for the security of the ballot papers and other documents) unless or until it is ascertained that there is not to be a recount or further recount.
(3)Where it appears to the [F2district] returning officer . . . F1 on the completion of the counting for the whole [F2district] . . . F1 that the number of votes counted does not show a majority of more than one hundred for either side, he shall cause the votes to be re-counted and, if the decision on the poll according to the recount would differ from the decision according to the original count, to be again re-counted, and the recount or, if there is one, second recount shall be treated as determining the number of votes cast on either side.
(4)The number of votes cast on either side shall in a [F2district] be notified by the [F2district] returning officer to the chairman of the [F2district] council.
Textual Amendments
F1Words repealed by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70, SIF 81:1), Sch. 30
F2Words substituted by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70, SIF 81:1), Sch. 25 para. 8(3)