A person born in the United Kingdom after commencement , or in a qualifying territory on or after the appointed day, shall be a British citizen if at the time of the birth his father or mother is—
A person born in the United Kingdom or a qualifying territory on or after the relevant day shall be a British citizen if at the time of the birth his father or mother is a member of the armed forces.
A new-born infant who, after commencement, is found abandoned in the United Kingdom , or on or after the appointed day is found abandoned in a qualifying territory, shall, unless the contrary is shown, be deemed for the purposes of subsection (1)—
A person born in the United Kingdom after commencement who is not a British citizen by virtue of subsection (1) , (1A) or (2) or section 10A shall be entitled to be registered as a British citizen if, while he is a minor—
A person born in the United Kingdom on or after the relevant day who is not a British citizen by virtue of subsection (1), (1A) or (2) or section 10A shall be entitled to be registered as a British citizen if, while he is a minor—
A person born in the United Kingdom after commencement who is not a British citizen by virtue of subsection (1) , (1A) or (2) or section 10A shall be entitled, on an application for his registration as a British citizen made at any time after he has attained the age of ten years, to be registered as such a citizen if, as regards each of the first ten years of that person’s life, the number of days on which he was absent from the United Kingdom in that year does not exceed 90.
Where—
that minor shall, if the requirements of subsection (5A) are met, be a British citizen as from the date on which the order is made or the Convention adoption is effected, as the case may be.
Those requirements are that on the date on which the order is made or the Convention adoption is effected (as the case may be)—
Where an order or a Convention adoption in consequence of which any person became a British citizen by virtue of subsection (5) ceases to have effect, whether on annulment or otherwise, the cesser shall not affect the status of that person as a British citizen.
If in the special circumstances of any particular case the Secretary of State thinks fit, he may for the purposes of subsection (4) treat the person to whom the application relates as fulfilling the requirement specified in that subsection although, as regards any one or more of the first ten years of that person’s life, the number of days on which he was absent from the United Kingdom in that year or each of the years in question exceeds 90.
In this section and elsewhere in this Act “settled” has the meaning given by section 50 ....
The relevant day for the purposes of subsection (1A) or (3A) is the day appointed for the commencement of section 42 of the Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Act 2009 (which inserted those subsections).