Supplementary provisions if adding abandoned and restarted
29.—(1)  This regulation applies if the adding of votes at the principal counting place is abandoned and restarted under regulation 26.
(2)  The Returning Officer must announce the abandonment and restarting on a specified date and time of the adding of votes to persons present at the principal counting place.
(3)  The adding of votes at the principal counting place must stop immediately.
(4)  The Returning Officer must secure the adding material at the principal counting place in the presence of the candidates and their principal election agents who are in attendance by —
(a)making up the adding material into separate packets; and
(b)sealing each packet with —
(i)the seal of the Returning Officer; and
(ii)the seals of the candidates and their principal election agents who wish to affix their seals.
(5)  The Returning Officer must —
(a)hold the secured adding material in safe custody for 6 months; and
(b)destroy the secured adding material at the end of those 6 months unless the President or Election Judge otherwise orders.
(6)  Paragraphs (4) and (5) do not apply if it is impossible or impracticable in the circumstances to secure the adding material.
(7)  The restarted adding of votes must be conducted as nearly as possible in accordance with the Act.
(8)  For the purposes of paragraph (7), the Returning Officer may, if the record of counting for a counting place is damaged, lost or destroyed, require the Assistant Returning Officer in charge of the counting place to prepare and transmit a record of counting, and seal up and despatch or deliver the envelope containing the record of counting, in accordance with section 49(7A)(b), (c) and (d) of the Act.