Part II

British overseas territories citizenship

Acquisition after commencement: special cases

Right to registration by virtue of father’s citizenship etc.
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- A person born in a foreign country within five years after commencement shall be entitled, on an application for his registration as a British overseas territories citizen made within the period of twelve months from the date of the birth, to be registered as such a citizen if—
  1. 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 overseas territories citizen ; and
  2. 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 territories citizen by virtue of section 23(1)(b).
Pt. II heading substituted (26.2.2002) by British Overseas Territories Act 2002 (c. 8), s. 2(2)(a)
Words in s. 21 substituted (26.2.2002) by British Overseas Territories Act 2002 (c. 8), s. 2(2)(b)
Pt. II (ss. 15–25) excluded by S.I. 1983/882, art. 2(3)