Regulation 2 Citizenship and marital status of applicant

A person seeking to enrol a deed poll (“the applicant”) must be a Commonwealth citizen as defined by section 37(1) of the British Nationality Act 1981^f1.

If the applicant is a British citizen, a British Dependent Territories citizen or a British Overseas citizen, he must be described as such in the deed poll, which must also specify the section of the British Nationality Act under which the relevant citizenship was acquired.

In any other case, the applicant must be described as a Commonwealth citizen.

The applicant must be described in the deed poll as single, married, widowed or divorced.