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6.—(1) Where a citizenship oath or pledge is required by section 42 of the Act to be made by an applicant for registration or for a certificate of naturalisation, it shall be administered in accordance with the requirements of Schedule 3.
(2) If, on an application for registration or for a certificate of naturalisation by an applicant who is required to make a citizenship oath or pledge, the Secretary of State decides that the registration should be effected or the certificate should be granted, he shall cause notice in writing of the decision to be given to the applicant.
(3) The requirement to make a citizenship oath or pledge shall be satisfied within three months of the giving of the notice referred to in paragraph (2) or such longer time as the Secretary of State may allow.
(4) Any notice required by paragraph (2) to be given to an applicant may be given—
(a)in any case where the applicant’s whereabouts are known, by causing the notice to be delivered to him personally or by sending it to him by post;
(b)in a case where the applicant’s whereabouts are not known, by sending it by post in a letter addressed to him at his last known address.
(5) In this regulation, references to the requirement to make a citizenship oath or pledge include the requirement to make a citizenship oath and pledge at a citizenship ceremony.]
Textual Amendments
F1Regs. 6, 6A substituted for reg. 6 (1.1.2004) by The British Nationality (General) (Amendment) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/3158), regs. 1, 4
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