S. 17(1)(5) restricted (4.12.2006) by Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006 (c. 13), ss. 58, 62; S.I. 2006/2838, art. 4(1) (subject to art. 4(2))

Words in s. 17 substituted (26.2.2002) by British Overseas Territories Act 2002 (c. 8), s. 2(2)(b)

Words in s. 17 substituted (26.2.2002) by British Overseas Territories Act 2002 (c. 8), s. 1(1)(b)

Words in s. 17 substituted (26.2.2002) by British Overseas Territories Act 2002 (c. 8), s. 1(1)(b)

Words in s. 17(6)(a) inserted (5.12.2005) by Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33), ss. 261(1), 263, Sch. 27 para. 75; S.I. 2005/3175, art. 2(2) (subject to art. 2(3)-(5))

Word in s. 17(6) inserted (1.7.2006 with effect as mentioned in s. 162(5) of the amending Act) by Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (c. 41), ss. 9(3)(a), 162 (with s. 159); S.I. 2006/1498, arts. 2(b), 3

Word in s. 17(6) repealed (1.7.2006 with effect as mentioned in s. 162(5) of the amending Act) and repealed (prosp.) by Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (c. 41), ss. 9(3)(b), 161, 162, Sch. 9 (with s. 159); S.I. 2006/1498, arts. 2(b), 3

S. 17(6)(c) ceases to have effect (1.7.2006 with effect as mentioned in s. 162(5) of the amending Act) and repealed (prosp.) by Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (c. 41), ss. 9(3)(c), 161, 162, Sch. 9 (with s. 159); S.I. 2006/1498, arts. 2(b), 3

Pt. II (ss. 15–25) excluded by S.I. 1983/882, art. 2(3)

Pt. II heading substituted (26.2.2002) by British Overseas Territories Act 2002 (c. 8), s. 2(2)(a)

Words in s. 17(2) substituted (28.6.2022) by Nationality and Borders Act 2022 (c. 36), ss. 5(1)(a), 87(1); S.I. 2022/590, regs. 1(2), 2, Sch. 1 para. 4 (with Sch. 2 para. 1)

S. 17(4) omitted (28.6.2022) by virtue of Nationality and Borders Act 2022 (c. 36), ss. 5(1)(b), 87(1); S.I. 2022/590, regs. 1(2), 2, Sch. 1 para. 4 (with Sch. 2 para. 1)

S. 17(2)(5) restricted (20.7.2023) by Illegal Migration Act 2023 (c. 37), ss. 33(1)(a), 68(3)(a) (with s. 55(9))

S. 17(1) restricted (20.7.2023) by Illegal Migration Act 2023 (c. 37), ss. 33(2)(a)(i), 68(3)(a) (with s. 55(9))

S. 17(7) inserted (20.7.2023) by Illegal Migration Act 2023 (c. 37), ss. 37(9), 68(3)(a) (with s. 55(9))

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1981/61/section/17British Nationality Act 1981An Act to make fresh provision about citizenship and nationality, and to amend the Immigration Act 1971 as regards the right of abode in the United Kingdom.1982-01-01texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2024-05-17Expert Participation2023-12-15Part IIBritish overseas territories citizenship Acquisition after commencement
17 Acquisition by registration: minors.1

If while a person is a minor an application is made for his registration as a British overseas territories citizen the Secretary of State may, if the thinks fit, cause him to be registered as such a citizen.

2

A person born outside the British overseas territories shall be entitled, on an application for his registration as a British overseas territories citizen made while the person is a minor, to be registered as such a citizen if the requirements specified in subsection (3) or, in the case of a person born stateless, the requirements specified in paragraphs (a) and (b) of that subsection, are fulfilled in the case of either that person’s father or his mother (“the parent in question”).

3

The requirements referred to in subsection (2) are—

a

that the parent in question was a British overseas territories citizen by descent at the time of the birth; and

b

that the father or mother of the parent in question—

i

was a British overseas territories citizen otherwise than by descent at the time of the birth of the parent in question; or

ii

became a British overseas territories citizen otherwise than by descent at commencement, or would have become such a citizen otherwise than by descent at commencement but for his or her death; and

c

that, as regards some period of three years ending with a date not later than the date of the birth—

i

the parent in question was in a British overseas territory at the beginning of that period; and

ii

the number of days on which the parent in question was absent from that territory in that period does not exceed 270.

4

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5

A person born outside the British overseas territories shall be entitled, and on application for his registration as a British overseas territories citizen made while he is a minor, to be registered as such a citizen if the following requirements are satisfied, namely—

a

that at the time of that person’s birth his father or mother was a British overseas territories citizen by descent; and

b

subject to subsection (6), that that person and his father and mother were in one and the same British overseas territory(no matter which) at the beginning of the period of three years ending with the date of the application and that, in the case of each of them, the number of days on which the person in question was absent from the last-mentioned territory in that period does not exceed 270; and

c

subject to subsection (6), that the consent of his father and mother to the registration has been signified in the prescribed manner.

6

In the case of an application under subsection (5) for the registration of a person as a British overseas territories citizen

a

if his father or mother died, or their marriage or civil partnership was terminated, on or before the date of the application, or his father and mother were legally separated on that date, the references to his father and mother in paragraph (b) of that subsection shall be read either as references to his father or as references to his mother; and

b

if his father or mother died on or before that date, the reference to his father and mother in paragraph (c) of that subsection shall be read as a reference to either of them; and

c

if he was born illegitimate, all those references shall be read as references to his mother.

7

This section is subject to sections 31, 33 and 36 of the Illegal Migration Act 2023 (restriction of eligibility for citizenship etc).

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<p>
S. 17(1)(5) restricted (4.12.2006) by
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,
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,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/13/section/62">62</ref>
;
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2006/2838">S.I. 2006/2838</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2006/2838/article/4/1">art. 4(1)</ref>
(subject to
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2006/2838/article/4/2">art. 4(2)</ref>
)
</p>
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<note class="commentary F" eId="c16761651">
<p>
Words in s. 17 substituted (26.2.2002) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2002/8">British Overseas Territories Act 2002 (c. 8)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2002/8/section/2/2/b">s. 2(2)(b)</ref>
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<note class="commentary F" eId="c16728331">
<p>
Words in s. 17 substituted (26.2.2002) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2002/8">British Overseas Territories Act 2002 (c. 8)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2002/8/section/1/1/b">s. 1(1)(b)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c16728311">
<p>
Words in s. 17 substituted (26.2.2002) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2002/8">British Overseas Territories Act 2002 (c. 8)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2002/8/section/1/1/b">s. 1(1)(b)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c19259341">
<p>
Words in s. 17(6)(a) inserted (5.12.2005) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2004/33">Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2004/33/section/261/1">ss. 261(1)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2004/33/section/263">263</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2004/33/schedule/27/paragraph/75">Sch. 27 para. 75</ref>
;
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2005/3175">S.I. 2005/3175</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2005/3175/article/2/2">art. 2(2)</ref>
(subject to
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)
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c19260351">
<p>
Word in s. 17(6) inserted (1.7.2006 with effect as mentioned in
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2002/41/section/162/5">s. 162(5)</ref>
of the amending Act) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2002/41">Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (c. 41)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2002/41/section/9/3/a">ss. 9(3)(a)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2002/41/section/162">162</ref>
(with
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2002/41/section/159">s. 159</ref>
);
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2006/1498">S.I. 2006/1498</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2006/1498/article/2/b">arts. 2(b)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2006/1498/article/3">3</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c19260371">
<p>
Word in s. 17(6) repealed (1.7.2006 with effect as mentioned in
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2002/41/section/162/5">s. 162(5)</ref>
of the amending Act) and repealed (prosp.) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2002/41">Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (c. 41)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2002/41/section/9/3/b">ss. 9(3)(b)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2002/41/section/161">161</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2002/41/section/162">162</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2002/41/schedule/9">Sch. 9</ref>
(with
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2002/41/section/159">s. 159</ref>
);
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2006/1498">S.I. 2006/1498</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2006/1498/article/2/b">arts. 2(b)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2006/1498/article/3">3</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c19260931">
<p>
S. 17(6)(c) ceases to have effect (1.7.2006 with effect as mentioned in
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2002/41/section/162/5">s. 162(5)</ref>
of the amending Act) and repealed (prosp.) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2002/41">Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (c. 41)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2002/41/section/9/3/c">ss. 9(3)(c)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2002/41/section/161">161</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2002/41/section/162">162</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2002/41/schedule/9">Sch. 9</ref>
(with
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2002/41/section/159">s. 159</ref>
);
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2006/1498">S.I. 2006/1498</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2006/1498/article/2/b">arts. 2(b)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2006/1498/article/3">3</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary C" eId="c8126211">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1981/61/part/II">Pt. II</ref>
(ss. 15–25) excluded by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1983/882">S.I. 1983/882</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1983/882/article/2/3">art. 2(3)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c16761271">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1981/61/part/II">Pt. II</ref>
heading substituted (26.2.2002) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2002/8">British Overseas Territories Act 2002 (c. 8)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2002/8/section/2/2/a">s. 2(2)(a)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="key-2103cd241eebbf1b8aa143dca0da8512">
<p>
Words in s. 17(2) substituted (28.6.2022) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2022/36">Nationality and Borders Act 2022 (c. 36)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2022/36/section/5/1/a">ss. 5(1)(a)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2022/36/section/87/1">87(1)</ref>
;
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2022/590">S.I. 2022/590</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2022/590/regulation/1/2">regs. 1(2)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2022/590/regulation/2">2</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2022/590/schedule/1/paragraph/4">Sch. 1 para. 4</ref>
(with
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2022/590/schedule/2/paragraph/1">Sch. 2 para. 1</ref>
)
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="key-667fe58d3a4bed1fb07476629ed2b4a4">
<p>
S. 17(4) omitted (28.6.2022) by virtue of
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2022/36">Nationality and Borders Act 2022 (c. 36)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2022/36/section/5/1/b">ss. 5(1)(b)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2022/36/section/87/1">87(1)</ref>
;
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2022/590">S.I. 2022/590</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2022/590/regulation/1/2">regs. 1(2)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2022/590/regulation/2">2</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2022/590/schedule/1/paragraph/4">Sch. 1 para. 4</ref>
(with
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2022/590/schedule/2/paragraph/1">Sch. 2 para. 1</ref>
)
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary C" eId="key-ef1133481150a4d8f1c55654239a622a">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1981/61/section/17/2">S. 17(2)</ref>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1981/61/section/17/5">(5)</ref>
restricted (20.7.2023) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2023/37">Illegal Migration Act 2023 (c. 37)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2023/37/section/33/1/a">ss. 33(1)(a)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2023/37/section/68/3/a">68(3)(a)</ref>
(with
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2023/37/section/55/9">s. 55(9)</ref>
)
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary C" eId="key-5f96143ce66eec58301c709d6c561406">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1981/61/section/17/1">S. 17(1)</ref>
restricted (20.7.2023) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2023/37">Illegal Migration Act 2023 (c. 37)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2023/37/section/33/2/a/i">ss. 33(2)(a)(i)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2023/37/section/68/3/a">68(3)(a)</ref>
(with
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2023/37/section/55/9">s. 55(9)</ref>
)
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="key-4b86c66e74c3fee479b4342da0f7a39d">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1981/61/section/17/7">S. 17(7)</ref>
inserted (20.7.2023) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2023/37">Illegal Migration Act 2023 (c. 37)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2023/37/section/37/9">ss. 37(9)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2023/37/section/68/3/a">68(3)(a)</ref>
(with
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2023/37/section/55/9">s. 55(9)</ref>
)
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Part II
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<heading> Acquisition after commencement</heading>
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<heading> Acquisition by registration: minors.</heading>
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that the parent in question was a
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the parent in question was in a
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that at the time of that person’s birth his father or mother was a
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British overseas territory
</ins>
(no matter which) at the beginning of the period of three years ending with the date of the application and that, in the case of each of them, the number of days on which the person in question was absent from the last-mentioned territory in that period does not exceed 270; and
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-17-5-c">
<num>c</num>
<content>
<p>subject to subsection (6), that the consent of his father and mother to the registration has been signified in the prescribed manner.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-17-6">
<num>6</num>
<intro>
<p>
In the case of an application under subsection (5) for the registration of a person as a
<ins class="substitution d29p1958 first last">
<noteRef href="#c16761651" marker="F1" class="commentary attribute F"/>
British overseas territories citizen
</ins>
</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-17-6-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>
if his father or mother died, or their marriage
<ins class="d29p1968 first last">
<noteRef href="#c19259341" marker="F4" class="commentary attribute F"/>
or civil partnership
</ins>
was terminated, on or before the date of the application, or his father and mother were legally separated on that date, the references to his father and mother in paragraph (b) of that subsection shall be read either as references to his father or as references to his mother;
<ins class="d29p1972 first last">
<noteRef href="#c19260351" marker="F5" class="commentary attribute F"/>
and
</ins>
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-17-6-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>
if his father or mother died on or before that date, the reference to his father and mother in paragraph (c) of that subsection shall be read as a reference to either of them;
<del class="d29p1981 first last">
<noteRef href="#c19260371" marker="F6" class="commentary attribute F"/>
and
</del>
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-17-6-c">
<num>c</num>
<content>
<p>
<del class="d29p1987 first last">
<noteRef href="#c19260931" marker="F7" class="commentary attribute F"/>
if he was born illegitimate, all those references shall be read as references to his mother.
</del>
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-17-7">
<num>
<ins class="key-4b86c66e74c3fee479b4342da0f7a39d-1692890844831 first">
<noteRef href="#key-4b86c66e74c3fee479b4342da0f7a39d" marker="F11" class="commentary attribute F"/>
7
</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="key-4b86c66e74c3fee479b4342da0f7a39d-1692890844831">This section is subject to sections </ins>
<a href="#section-31">
<ins class="key-4b86c66e74c3fee479b4342da0f7a39d-1692890844831">31</ins>
</a>
<ins class="key-4b86c66e74c3fee479b4342da0f7a39d-1692890844831">, </ins>
<a href="#section-33">
<ins class="key-4b86c66e74c3fee479b4342da0f7a39d-1692890844831">33</ins>
</a>
<ins class="key-4b86c66e74c3fee479b4342da0f7a39d-1692890844831"> and </ins>
<a href="#section-36">
<ins class="key-4b86c66e74c3fee479b4342da0f7a39d-1692890844831">36</ins>
</a>
<ins class="key-4b86c66e74c3fee479b4342da0f7a39d-1692890844831 last"> of the Illegal Migration Act 2023 (restriction of eligibility for citizenship etc).</ins>
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
</section>
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</part>
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</portion>
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