50Assistance to certain persons

50 Assistance to certain persons (1) A person who is unable to vote may be assisted in voting if the person would otherwise be unable to vote. (2) An assisting person must be a nominee of the person or, if there is no nominee, an authorised officer. (3) An assisting person may enter a voting compartment to assist a person to vote, but an authorised officer must not do so except in the presence of: (a) a scrutineer; or (b) if no scrutineer is present – another authorised officer. (4) An assisting person may assist a person in any of the following ways: (a) by acting as an interpreter; (b) for a declaration vote – by completing, or assisting the person to complete, the declaration; (c) for a postal vote – by placing the ballot paper in the envelope bearing the postal vote certificate, sealing the envelope and sending or delivering the envelope to the returning officer; (d) by explaining the ballot paper and the requirements of these Regulations relating to its marking; (e) by marking, or assisting the person to mark, the ballot paper at the person's direction; (f) by folding the ballot paper and placing it in a ballot box or declaration envelope, or giving it to an authorised officer, as required by these Regulations.