Review of local government elections. Invalid elections – new elections

(1) The newly returned county council decides whether the election of members of the county council is valid. The newly returned municipal council decides whether the election of members of the municipal council is valid.

(2) The county council shall declare the election of members of the county council in a municipal authority area or in the whole county invalid if any error has been committed which may be deemed to have had an influence on the allocation of seats to the lists, and which it is not possible to correct.

(3) The municipal council shall declare the election of members of the municipal council in the municipal authority area invalid if any error has been committed which may be deemed to have had an influence on the allocation of seats to the lists, and which it is not possible to correct.

(4) Where the county council or the municipal council declares an election invalid, a report shall be sent to the Ministry, which orders a new election. In special cases the Ministry may order new elections in the whole county even if the error does not apply to all the municipal authority areas in the county.

(5) The provisions of section 59 of the Local Government Act relating to review of legality apply correspondingly. The time limit for submitting an application for review of legality is nevertheless seven days after the county council or the municipal council has passed a resolution in pursuance of subsection (1) above.