17Registration of births occurring before commencement of Act
Notwithstanding the repeal by this Act of the [6 & 7 Geo. 6. c. 14.] British Nationality and-Status of Aliens Act, 1943, the birth of a person born before the date of the commencement of this Act may be registered after that date at a consulate of His Majesty as defined in that Act; and if the birth is registered in the circumstances specified in subsection (2) of section one of that Act, that person shall be deemed for the purposes of this Act to have been a British subject immediately before the commencement of this Act.