37. (1) Subject to section 26 of the Act of 1994, as applied by subsection (3), an approved body may appoint a person or persons to act as agent for the body at the referendum in respect of which the body is an approved body, to be present—

(a) at the issue of ballot papers to postal voters,

(b) at the opening of postal ballot boxes, and

(c) at the counting of votes,

at the referendum.

(2) An approved body may appoint one person to be present as the body’s agent in each polling station for the purpose of assisting in the detection of personation, and such appointment shall be in writing.

(3) Subsections (2), (4) to (9), (11) and (12) of section 26 of the Act of 1994 shall apply to persons appointed to act as agents under this section as they apply to agents appointed under the said section 26 with the modification that references to a member of Dáil Éireann shall include references to an approved body and with any other necessary modifications.