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(1)A renewal declaration must—
(a)give the full name and date of birth of the person making the declaration (“the declarant”),
(b)state the date of the declaration,
(c)state that the declarant is a British citizen,
(d)state that the declarant is not resident in the United Kingdom on the date of the declaration,
(e)contain any other prescribed information and satisfy any other prescribed requirements, and
(f)state that the declarant believes the matters stated in the declaration to be true.
(2)A renewal declaration must also—
(a)specify the address in respect of which the declarant is registered, and
(b)state that since the declarant was registered in respect of that address, no other entry has been made in respect of the declarant in any electoral register (whether in respect of the address mentioned in paragraph (a) or any other address).
(3)A renewal declaration that specifies an address in Northern Ireland under subsection (2)(a) may, instead of or in addition to the statement under subsection (1)(c), state that the declarant is an Irish citizen who—
(a)was born in Northern Ireland, and
(b)qualifies as a British citizen (whether or not the declarant identifies as such),
(and section 1C(9) applies as it applies for the purposes of section 1C(5)).
(4)If the declarant—
(a)makes a renewal declaration that specifies more than one address under subsection (2)(a), or
(b)makes two or more renewal declarations that bear the same date and specify different addresses under subsection (2)(a),
the declaration or declarations are void.
(5)In this section—
“electoral register” has the same meaning as in section 1A;
“registered” means registered in a register of parliamentary electors in pursuance of an overseas elector’s declaration.]
Textual Amendments
F1Ss. 1-1E substituted for ss. 1, 2 (6.2.2023 for specified purposes) by Elections Act 2022 (c. 37), ss. 14(1), 67(1); S.I. 2023/115, reg. 2(b)(i)
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