Breach of official duty and power to correct procedural errors
You are personally liable for the conduct of the GLA elections relating to your role and duties and are subject to breach of official duty provisions. If you or your appointed deputies are, without reasonable cause, guilty of any act or omission in breach of official duty you (and/or they) are liable on summary conviction to an unlimited fine.1
You have the power to take such steps as you think appropriate to remedy acts or omissions that arise in connection with any function of the elections and that are not in accordance with the rules.2
This power allows you to correct procedural errors that you, as GLRO, or a CRO, an ERO, a Presiding Officer or a person providing goods or services to you (or any deputies of any of these) make. CROs have the same power to correct procedural errors and you should ensure that they consult you before exercising this power.
Where you or an CRO use the power to correct procedural errors, you should ensure that the error and corrective action taken is explained to those affected including, where applicable, voters and candidates and agents. You should ensure that you and the relevant CRO and BRO) keep a record of:
any errors identified including what the error was and how it occurred
the impact of the error
any advice you or the CRO received (including legal advice)
what measures were taken to correct the error, and how these were communicated
Where you remedy an act or omission in full by using this power, you will not be guilty of an offence of breach of official duty. You should remember that the power to correct procedural errors does not enable the votes to be recounted once the result has been declared.3