Editing Deed poll (section)

==Use for changing name==
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The most common use is a [[name change]] through a deed of change of name (often referred to simply as a ''deed poll''). Deeds poll are used for this purpose in countries and regions including in the United Kingdom (except in Scotland),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/change-name-deed-poll|title=Change your name by deed poll - GOV.UK|website=www.gov.uk|language=en|access-date=2020-05-10}}</ref> Ireland,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/birth_family_relationships/problems_in_marriages_and_other_relationships/changing_your_name_by_deed_poll.html|title=Changing your name by deed poll|website=citizensinformation.ie|language=en|access-date=2020-05-16}}</ref> Hong Kong, and Singapore. In the UK, a deed poll can also be used to change a child's name, as long as everyone with [[Parental responsibility (access and custody)|parental responsibility]] for the child consents to it and the child does not object to it.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.adviceguide.org.uk/england/relationships_e/relationships_birth_certificates_and_changing_your_name_e/changing_your_name.htm|title=Changing your name|website=AdviceGuide UK|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141116011355/http://www.adviceguide.org.uk/england/relationships_e/relationships_birth_certificates_and_changing_your_name_e/changing_your_name.htm|archive-date=16 November 2014|url-status=dead|access-date=23 August 2014}}</ref> The child's parents execute the deed poll on the child's behalf. In some other jurisdictions, a person may simply start using a new name without any formal legal process. The usual requirements are that the new name must be used exclusively and that the change must not be made with the intent to [[fraud|defraud]]. In English law, a person must notify every creditor of a change of name by deed poll.

In [[Australia]], prior to 1 November 2000,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.justice.tas.gov.au/bdm/changeofname/deed_poll_searches_(pre-2000)|title=Births Deaths and Marriages : Deed poll searches (pre-2000)|website=www.justice.tas.gov.au|language=en|access-date=2018-02-05|archive-date=19 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180519230616/http://www.justice.tas.gov.au/bdm/changeofname/deed_poll_searches_(pre-2000)|url-status=dead}}</ref> name change was accomplished by deed poll but now is done by completing a Change of Name form.<ref>{{cite web |title=Deed poll |url=https://www.bdm.vic.gov.au/changes-and-corrections/change-a-name/deed-poll#:~:text=Deed%20poll%20was%20used%20in,process%2C%20which%20we%20use%20today |website=Births Deaths and Marriages Victoria |access-date=2 March 2021}}</ref>