Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated ActsIn making its decision on a petition, the Court may:
(a) have regard to postal ballot papers rejected at the preliminary scrutiny because of paragraph 7 of Schedule 3 if the Court is satisfied that the votes marked on the ballot papers were recorded prior to the close of the poll; and
(b) have regard to any declaration vote ballot papers (including postal ballot papers) rejected at the preliminary scrutiny if the Court is of the opinion that the ballot papers should not have been rejected.