—A person born in a foreign country within five years after commencement shall be entitled, on an application for his registration as a British Dependent Territories citizen made within the period of twelve months from the date of the birth, to be registered as such a citizen if—
Section 21: Right to registration by virtue of father’s citizenship etc.
British Nationality Act 1981 · 1981 c. 61View on legislation.gov.uk
This provision is repealed
It is retained for historical reference and may not reflect the law currently in force.
Part II: British overseas territories citizenship
REPEALED on 2002-11-07 by Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002.
The text below is the provision as originally enacted. It is historical and may not include amendments made before this status change. View the enacted source.
the requirements referred to in subsection (1)(a) of section 9 are fulfilled in the case of that person's father, subsection (2)(b) of that section being for the purposes of this paragraph read as if any reference to becoming or remaining a British citizen were a reference to becoming or, as the case may be, remaining a British Dependent Territories citizen; and
had that person been born before commencement and become a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies as mentioned in subsection (1)(b) of that section, he would at commencement have become a British Dependent Territories citizen by virtue of section 23(1)(b).
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