IC Overseas elector's declaration 

(1) An overseas elector’s declaration must—

(a) give the full name of the person making the declaration (“thedeclarant”),
(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 thedate of the declaration,
(e) state whether the declarant is seeking to be registered in relianceon the previous registration condition or the previous residencecondition,
(f) contain any other prescribed information and satisfy any otherprescribed requirements (which may include requirements for thedeclaration to be attested), and
(g) state that the declarant believes the matters stated in the declarationto be true.

(2) Where the declarant is seeking to be registered in reliance on the previousregistration condition, the declaration must also—

(a) specify—

(i) the address in the United Kingdom in respect of which thedeclarant was included in an electoral register, and
(ii) when the declarant was last included in such a register inrespect of that address, and
(b) state that since the declarant’s entry in that register in respect of thataddress ceased to have effect, the declarant has not been included inany electoral register (whether in respect of that or any other address).

(3) Where the declarant is seeking to be registered in reliance on the previousresidence condition by virtue of section 1A(3)(b)(i), the declaration mustalso—

(a) specify—

(i) the address in the United Kingdom at which the declarant wasresident, and
(ii) when the declarant was last resident at that address, and

(b) state that since being resident at that address, the declarant has notbeen resident at any other address in the United Kingdom.

(4) Where the declarant is seeking to be registered in reliance on the previousresidence condition by virtue of section 1A(3)(b)(ii), the declaration mustalso specify an address in respect of which the declarant could have made adeclaration of local connection on the last day on which the declarant wasresident in the United Kingdom.
(5) An overseas elector’s declaration that specifies an address in Northern Irelandunder subsection (2)(a), (3)(a) or (4) may, instead of or in addition to includinga statement under subsection (1)(c), state that the declarant is an Irish citizenwho—

(a) was born in Northern Ireland, and
(b) qualifies as a British citizen (whether or not the declarant identifiesas such).

(6) If the declarant—

(a) makes an overseas elector’s declaration that specifies more than oneaddress under subsection (2)(a), (3)(a) or (4), or
(b) makes two or more overseas elector’s declarations that bear thesame date and specify different addresses in the United Kingdomunder subsection (2)(a), (3)(a) or (4),
the declaration or declarations are void.

(7) The declarant may at any time cancel an overseas elector’s declaration madeby the declarant.
(8) In this section—

“electoral register” has the same meaning as in section 1A;
“registered” means registered in a register of parliamentaryelectors.

(9) A person found abandoned in Northern Ireland as a new-born infant is, unlessthe contrary is shown, deemed for the purposes of subsection (5) to have beenborn in Northern Ireland.