Clause 20

by inserting, immediately after the word “period” in subsection (1)(i), the words “or, where counting at that counting place is temporarily suspended under subsection (1A), a further period”;

by deleting the words “in the direction under section 48A” in subsection (1)(iv) and substituting the words “under this Act”; and

by inserting, immediately after subsection (1), the following subsection:“(1A) Before making a decision under paragraphs (i) to (iv) of subsection (1), the Returning Officer may temporarily suspend the counting of votes at the counting place mentioned in that subsection for a period not exceeding 2 hours for the purpose of determining the decision to be made under those paragraphs.”.