43. (1) The local returning officer shall, as circumstances may require, for the purposes of this Part appoint one, or more than one, person to be a special presiding officer to carry out the functions conferred on a special presiding officer by this Part.

(2) The provisions of this Schedule relating to the powers, rights and duties of a presiding officer appointed for a polling station at an election shall apply to a special presiding officer appointed under this rule as if that officer were a presiding officer so appointed and as if the place where the special voter is casting his or her vote were a polling station at an election.

(3) The local returning officer may perform all or any of the functions of a special presiding officer appointed under this rule and the provisions of paragraph (2) shall apply to the local returning officer while so performing.

(4) The provisions of rule 64 relating to the right of an elector to request that the elector’s ballot paper be marked by a companion shall not apply in relation to a special voter.