A service declaration made by a member of the forces or his spouse F1or civil partner shall be transmitted to the appropriate registration officer.

A service declaration made by a person who is or will be a Crown servant or by his spouse F2or civil partner shall be transmitted by the declarant to the Government department under which that person or his spouse is or will be employed or to an officer designated by that department and transmitted by that department or officer to the appropriate registration officer.

A service declaration made by a person who is or will be a British Council employee or by his spouse F3or civil partner shall be transmitted by the declarant to the British Council and transmitted by the British Council to the appropriate registration officer.

In this regulation, the “appropriate registration officer” means the registration officer for the area within which is situated the address specified in the declaration in accordance with section 16(d) or the 1983 Act11.