http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/41/section/13/2004-07-06Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002An Act to make provision about nationality, immigration and asylum; to create offences in connection with international traffic in prostitution; to make provision about international projects connected with migration; and for connected purposes.texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2026-04-022004-07-06 Part 1 Nationality British citizenship: registration of certain persons born between 1961 and 1983131The following shall be inserted after section 4B of the British Nationality Act 1981 (registration as British citizen)— Acquisition by registration: certain persons born between 1961 and 19834C1A person is entitled to be registered as a British citizen if—ahe applies for registration under this section, andbhe satisfies each of the following conditions.2The first condition is that the applicant was born after 7th February 1961 and before 1st January 1983.3The second condition is that the applicant would at some time before 1st January 1983 have become a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies by virtue of section 5 of the British Nationality Act 1948 (c. 56) if that section had provided for citizenship by descent from a mother in the same terms as it provided for citizenship by descent from a father.4The third condition is that immediately before 1st January 1983 the applicant would have had the right of abode in the United Kingdom by virtue of section 2 of the Immigration Act 1971 (c. 77) had he become a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies as described in subsection (3) above.2In section 14(1) of that Act (meaning of British citizen “by descent”), in paragraph (d) after the words “section 4B” (as substituted by section 12(2) of this Act) there shall be inserted “ , 4C ”.