1E Renewal declaration 

(1) A renewal declaration must—

(a) give the full name and date of birth of the person making thedeclaration (“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 thedate of the declaration,
(e) contain any other prescribed information and satisfy any otherprescribed requirements, and
(f) state that the declarant believes the matters stated in the declarationto 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 anyelectoral register (whether in respect of the address mentionedin paragraph (a) or any other address).

(3) A renewal declaration that specifies an address in Northern Irelandunder subsection (2)(a) may, instead of or in addition to the statementunder 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 identifiesas 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 addressunder subsection (2)(a), or
(b) makes two or more renewal declarations that bear the same date andspecify 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 parliamentaryelectors in pursuance of an overseas elector’s declaration.”

(2) Schedule 7 contains amendments and transitional provision relating to this section.