10U.K.In section 17 (effect of service declaration), for subsection (1) substitute—
“(1)Where a person’s service declaration is in force when he applies for registration, he shall be regarded for the purposes of section 4 above as—
(a)resident on the date of the declaration at the address specified in it in accordance with section 16(d) above;
(b)for the purposes of registration in Northern Ireland as resident in Northern Ireland during the whole of the period of three months ending with that date; and
(c)until the contrary is proved, as being a Commonwealth citizen or a citizen of the Republic of Ireland or a relevant citizen of the Union of the age appearing from the declaration and as not being subject to any legal incapacity except as so appearing.”
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 1 para. 11 wholly in force at 16.2.2001, see s. 17(3) and S.I. 2001/116, art. 2(1) (subject to art 2(3-5))