66.—(1) An application to sign the petition by proxy for a particular or an indefinite period under regulation 51(2) in pursuance of the grounds under paragraph (3)(d) of that regulation, or for an indefinite period under regulation 52(1) in pursuance of the grounds under paragraph (4)(d) of that regulation (as the case may be) must state—
(a)whether the occupation, service or employment in respect of which it is made is that of the applicant or the applicant’s spouse or civil partner or, as the case may be, it is the applicant or the applicant’s spouse or civil partner who is attending the course provided by an educational institution by reason of which the application is made;
(b)the nature of the occupation, service or employment or course provided by an educational institution giving rise to the application;
(c)where the person in respect of whose occupation, service or employment the application is made (in this regulation referred to as “the employed person”) is self-employed, that fact; and in any other case the name of that person’s employer;
(d)the reason, relevant to the general nature of the employment, service or occupation in question or the course provided by an educational institution, why the applicant cannot reasonably be expected to go in person to the allotted petition signing place.
(2) Such an application must be attested and signed—
(a)where the person is self-employed, by a person who—
(i)is aged 18 years or over;
(ii)knows the self-employed person; and
(iii)is not related to that person;
(b)by the employer of the employed person or by another employee to whom this function is delegated by the employer; and
(c)in the case of a course provided by an educational institution, by the director or tutor of that course or by the principal or head of that institution or an employee to whom this function is delegated by the principal or head.
(3) The person attesting an application under paragraph (2) must—
(a)where the applicant is the employed person, self-employed person or the person attending the course, certify that the statements required by paragraph (1)(a) to (d) to be included in the application are true; or
(b)where the applicant is the spouse or civil partner of the employed person, self-employed person or the person attending the course, certify that the statements included in the application in accordance with the requirements of paragraph (1)(a) to (c) are true.
(4) The person (“A”) attesting an application under paragraph (2) must also state—
(a)A’s name and address, that A is aged 18 years or over, that A knows the employed person, self-employed person or person attending a course provided by an educational institution but is not related to him or her; and
(b)if A is attesting as or on behalf of the employer of the employed person, that A is the employer or the position A holds in the employment of that employer; or
(c)if A is attesting an application made on the grounds of attendance at a course provided by an educational institution, the post A holds at that institution.
