Supplementary.
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1
A person who is registered as a British citizen under subsection (1) of section 1 above, and satisfies the requirements of subsection (2) of that section, shall be treated for the purposes of the principal Act as—
a
a British citizen by descent; or
b
a British citizen otherwise than by descent,
according as, immediately before becoming a British citizen, he was for the purposes of that Act a British Dependent Territories citizen by descent or a British Dependent Territories citizen otherwise than by descent.
2
A person who is registered as a British citizen under subsection (1) of section 1 above, and satisfies the requirements of subsection (3) of that section, shall be treated for the purposes of the principal Act as a British citizen by descent.
3
The following provisions of the principal Act shall have effect as if this Act were included in that Act, namely—
- section 37 (Commonwealth citizenship);
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- section 41 (regulations);
- section 42 (registration and naturalisation: citizenship ceremony, oath and pledge);
- section 42A (registration and naturalisation: fee);
- section 42B (registration and naturalisation: timing);
- section 45 (evidence);
- section 46 (offences);
- section 47 (legitimated children);
- section 48 (posthumous children);
- section 50 (interpretation);
- section 51(3) (meaning of “citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies” in other Acts and instruments).
Words in s. 2(3) omitted (4.4.2003) by virtue of Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (Consequential and Incidental Provisions) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/1016), art. 2(2), Sch. para. 9(a)
Words in s. 2(3) substituted (1.1.2004) by Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (Consequential and Incidental Provisions) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/1016), art. 2(1), Sch. para. 9(b)
Words in s. 2(3) inserted (1.1.2004) by Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (Consequential and Incidental Provisions) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/1016), art. 2(1), Sch. para. 9(c)