18.—(1) Section 42(2A) of the Act (procedure before delivering ballot paper) does not apply in relation to the conduct of polls in overseas polling stations.
(2) After a voter gives his or her name to the presiding officer at an overseas polling station under regulation 15(8)(a), the presiding officer must ascertain if the number, name and description of the voter appear on the list of overseas electors for that overseas polling station.
(3) If the number, name and description of the voter appear on the list of overseas electors for that overseas polling station, the presiding officer must comply with the following procedures before delivering a ballot paper to the voter:
(a)
call out the voter’s name, number, electoral division and polling district code, as stated in the list;
(b)
mark the number of the elector as stated in the list on the counterfoil of the ballot paper;
(c)
mark the list to indicate that the elector has received a ballot paper but without indicating the particular ballot paper that was received;
(d)
unless the complete official mark has already been pre‑printed or affixed to the ballot paper, either —
(i)
initial the ballot paper; or
(ii)
affix, stamp or mark (by writing or otherwise) the ballot paper in the approved manner with the official mark (or the remaining part thereof) for the authentication of the ballot paper.
(4) Despite section 42(3) of the Act, the presiding officer may, if he or she considers it advisable, regulate the number of voters in the room where the voting is held such that the number of voters in that room at any one time does not exceed the number of voting compartments in that room.
(5) For the purposes of section 42(7) of the Act —
(a)
the directions for the guidance of voters —
(i)
are set out in the First Schedule; and
(ii)
must be exhibited both immediately before and during the hours of the poll at an overseas polling station; and
(b)
the form set out in the Second Schedule to the Act does not apply in relation to an overseas polling station.