http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/8/section/6British Overseas Territories Act 2002An Act to make provision about the name “British overseas territories” and British citizenship so far as relating to the British overseas territories.2002-03-05texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2011-05-272002-05-21 Supplementary The Ilois: citizenship61A person shall become a British citizen on the commencement of this section if—ahe was born on or after 26 April 1969 and before 1 January 1983,bhe was born to a woman who at the time was a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies by virtue of her birth in the British Indian Ocean Territory, andcimmediately before the commencement of this section he was neither a British citizen nor a British overseas territories citizen.2A person who is a British citizen by virtue of subsection (1) is a British citizen by descent for the purposes of the British Nationality Act 1981 (c. 61).3A person shall become a British overseas territories citizen on the commencement of this section if—asubsection (1)(a) and (b) apply in relation to him, andbimmediately before the commencement of this section he was not a British overseas territories citizen.4A person who is a British overseas territories citizen by virtue of subsection (3) is such a citizen by descent for the purposes of the British Nationality Act 1981.
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