6.—(1)E+W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1 the F2. . .returning officer, . . . F1 may make arrangements for the votes to be counted not by electoral areas, but for the [F3county or county borough] . . . 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 [F3county or (as the case may be) county borough] . . . 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 [F4county or county borough] . . . 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 F5. . .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 F6. . .returning officer . . . F1 on the completion of the counting for the whole [F7county or county borough] . . . 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 [F8county or county borough] be notified by the F9. . .returning officer to the chairman of the [F8county council or (as the case may be) county borough council].
Textual Amendments
F1Words repealed by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70, SIF 81:1), Sch. 30
F2Word in Sch. 8 para. 6(1) repealed (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 19, s. 66(6)(8), Sch. 16 para. 22(7)(a), Sch. 18(with ss. 54(5)(7), 55(5)); S.I. 1996/396, art. 4, Sch. 2
F3Words in Sch. 8 para. 6(1) substituted (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 19, s. 66(6), Sch. 16 para. 22(7)(a)(with ss. 54(5)(7), 55(5)); S.I. 1996/396, art. 4, Sch. 2
F4Words in Sch. 8 para. 6(2) substituted (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 19, s. 66(6), Sch. 16 para. 22(7)(b)(with ss. 54(5)(7)); S.I. 1996/396, art. 4, Sch. 2
F5Words in Sch. 8 para. 6(2) repealed (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 19, s. 66(6)(8), Sch. 16 para. 22(7)(b), Sch. 18(with ss. 54(5)(7), 55(5)); S.I. 1996/396, art. 4, Sch. 2
F6Word in Sch. 8 para. 6(3) repealed (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 19, s. 66(6)(8), Sch. 16 para. 22(7)(c), Sch. 18(with ss. 54(5)(7)); S.I. 1996/396, art. 4, Sch. 2
F7Words in Sch. 8 para. 6(3) substituted (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 19, s. 66(6), Sch. 16 para. 22(7)(c)(with ss. 54(5)(7), 55(5)); S.I. 1996/396, art. 4, Sch. 2
F8Words in Sch. 8 para. 6(4) substituted (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 19, s. 66(6), Sch. 16 para. 22(7)(d)(with ss. 54(5)(7), 55(5)); S.I. 1996/396, art. 4, Sch. 2
F9Word in Sch. 8 para. 6(4) repealed (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 19, s. 66(6)(8), Sch. 16 para. 22(7)(d), Sch. 18(with ss. 54(5)(7), 55(5)); S.I. 1996/396, art. 4, Sch. 2