Part 1Nationality
12 British citizenship: registration of certain persons without other citizenship
1
The following shall be inserted after section 4A of the British Nationality Act 1981 (c. 61) (registration as British citizen)—
4B Acquisition by registration: certain persons without other citizenship
1
This section applies to a person who has the status of—
a
British Overseas citizen,
b
British subject under this Act, or
c
British protected person.
2
A person to whom this section applies shall be entitled to be registered as a British citizen if—
a
he applies for registration under this section,
b
the Secretary of State is satisfied that the person does not have, apart from the status mentioned in subsection (1), any citizenship or nationality, and
c
the Secretary of State is satisfied that the person has not after 4th July 2002 renounced, voluntarily relinquished or lost through action or inaction any citizenship or nationality.
2
In section 14(1) of that Act (meaning of British citizen “by descent”), in paragraph (d) for “section 5” there shall be substituted “
section 4B or 5
”
.