(1)If while a person is a minor an application is made for his registration as a British Overseas citizen, the Secretary of State may, if he thinks fit, cause him to be registered as such a citizen.
(2)[F1A person born in a foreign country within five years after commencement shall be entitled, on an application for his registration as a British Overseas citizen made within the period of twelve months from the date of the birth, to be registered as such a citizen if—
(a)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—
(i)any reference to becoming a British citizen were a reference to becoming a citizen of any of the following descriptions, namely a British citizen, a [F2British overseas territories citizen] and a British Overseas citizen; and
(ii)the reference to remaining a British citizen throughout any period were a reference to being throughout that period a citizen of at least one of those descriptions (though not necessarily the same one) throughout that period; and
(b)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 Overseas citizen by virtue of section 26.]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 27(2) ceased to have effect (7.11.2002) and repealed (prosp.) by virtue of Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (c. 41), ss. 15, 161, 162, Sch. 2 para. 1(g), Sch. 9 (with s. 159, Sch. 2 para. 2)
F2Words in s. 27(2)(a)(i) substituted (26.2.2002) by British Overseas Territories Act 2002 (c. 8), s. 2(2)(b)