Citizenship oaths and pledgesU.K.
6.—(1) This regulation applies where, by virtue of section 42 of the Act (registration and naturalisation: citizenship ceremony, oath and pledge)(1), an applicant for registration or for a certificate of naturalisation is required to make a citizenship oath or pledge.
(2) The oath or pledge shall be administered in accordance with the requirements of Schedule 3.
(3) Where, following an application 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—
(a)he shall cause notice in writing of the decision to be given to the applicant; and
(b)the oath or pledge shall be made within three months of the giving of the notice or such longer time as the Secretary of State may allow.
(4) Any notice required by paragraph (3)(a) shall be given—
(a)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)where the applicant’s whereabouts are not known, by sending it by post in a letter addressed to him at his last known address.
Section 42 of the 1981 Act was substituted by section 3 of, and Schedule 1 to, the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002.