Regulation 17, subregulation 2 states:
A polling assistant may act as the presiding officer of a polling station during the absence or incapacity of the presiding officer.
Regulation 23 states:
(1) A registered voter who, because of ill-health or absence from his constituency, will be unable to present himself to vote on polling day may, not less than fourteen days before the poll in the constituency where he is registered, apply to the returning officer of the constituency where he is registered or to any representative of the Commission for his name to be entered on the proxy list.
(2) The applicant shall complete a proxy form in such manner as the Commission may direct…
(5) A person appointed as a proxy may vote in the elections at the polling station where he is assigned to vote and the provision relating to voting procedure under these Regulations shall have effect accordingly.
(6) No person shall be entitled to have more than one person at a time appointed as a proxy to vote for him at the election…
Regulation 27, subregulation 2 states:
The presiding officer shall regulate the number of voters to be admitted to the polling station at each time, and shall exclude all other persons except...
Regulation 32 states:
(1) The presiding officer, on the application of a voter who is incapacitated because of blindness or other physical cause from voting in the manner directed in these regulations, shall permit the voter to be assisted by a person of his own choice. (2) When he accedes to the request for a voter under sub-regulation (1), the presiding officer shall record in the register opposite the name of the voter the fact that the voter was assisted and the reason for assistance.
Regulation 17, subregulation 2 states:
A polling assistant may act as the presiding officer of a polling station during the absence or incapacity of the presiding officer.