Proxies
25.—(1)  A creditor may vote either in person or by proxy at a meeting of creditors.
(2)  A person below 18 years of age must not be appointed as a proxy at a creditors’ meeting.
(3)  No form of proxy may be used for the purposes of any meeting of creditors except that which is sent out with the notice summoning the meeting.
(4)  A proxy given by a creditor under this regulation is sufficiently executed if it is signed by a person in the creditor’s employment having a general authority to sign for the creditor, or by the creditor’s authorised agent if the creditor is resident abroad.
(5)  The creditor’s authority mentioned in paragraph (4) —
(a)must be in writing; and
(b)if required by the chairperson of the meeting in question, must be produced to the chairperson.
(6)  A creditor may give a general proxy in Form BR‑3 to the creditor’s manager or clerk or any other person in the creditor’s regular employment, in which case the instrument of proxy must state the relation in which the person to act under the general proxy stands to the creditor.
(7)  A creditor may give a special proxy in Form BR‑4 to any person to vote at any specified meeting or adjournment of the specified meeting for or against any specific resolution.
(8)  A creditor may appoint the trustee of the bankrupt’s estate in question to act as the creditor’s general or special proxy.