a F3British overseas territories citizen; or

settled in a F4 British overseas territory .

to have been born in that territory after commencement; and

to have been born to a parent who at the time of the birth was a F3British overseas territories citizen or settled in a F4 British overseas territory.

his father or mother becomes such a citizen or becomes settled in a F4 British overseas territory; and

an application is made for his registration as such a citizen.

a minor who is not a British overseas territories citizen is adopted under a Convention adoption,

the Convention adoption is effected under the law of a country or territory outside the designated territory,

is such a citizen otherwise than by descent; or

is such a citizen and is serving outside the F8British overseas territories in service to which this paragraph applies, his or her recruitment for that service having taken place in a F10 British overseas territory .

Crown service under the government of a F10 British overseas territory ; and

service of any description for the time being designated under subsection (3).

that the parent in question was a F12British overseas territories citizen by descent at the time of the birth; and

that at the time of that person’s birth his father or mother was a F12British overseas territories citizen by descent; and

subject to subsection (6), that that person and his father and mother were in one and the same F14British 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

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

if his father or mother died, or their marriage F15or 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; F16 and

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; F17and

F18if he was born illegitimate, all those references shall be read as references to his mother.

has an appropriate qualifying connection with a F24British overseas territory; or

F25. . . has been married to F26, or has been the civil partner of, a person who has, or would if living have, such a connection.

was born in that territory; or

is or was a person naturalised in that territory; or

was registered as a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies in that territory; or

became a British subject by reason of the annexation of any territory included in that territory.

immediately before commencement he was a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies who had that citizenship by his birth, naturalisation or registration in a F29British overseas territory ; or

being a woman, she was immediately before commencement a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies and either was then, or had at any time been, the wife of a man who under paragraph (a) or (b) becomes a F28British overseas territories citizen at commencement or would have done so but for his death.

immediately before commencement he was a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies by virtue of registration under section 7 of the 1948 Act (minor children) or section 1 of the M2British Nationality (No. 2) Act 1964 (stateless persons); and

he was so registered otherwise than in a F29British overseas territory ; and

immediately before commencement was a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies by virtue of having been registered under subsection (6) of section 12 of the 1948 Act (British subjects before commencement of 1948 Act becoming citizens of United Kingdom and Colonies) otherwise than in a F29British overseas territory ; and

was so registered on an application under that subsection based on the applicant’s descent in the male line from a person (“the relevant person”) possessing one of the qualifications specified in subsection (1) of that section (birth or naturalisation in the United Kingdom and Colonies, or acquisition of the status of British subject by reason of annexation of territory),

immediately before commencement was a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies by virtue of registration under section 1 of the M3British Nationality Act 1964 (resumption of citizenship); and

was so registered otherwise than in a F29British overseas territory ; and

was so registered by virtue of having an appropriate qualifying connection with a F29British overseas territory or, if a woman, by virtue of having been married to a person who at the time of the registration had or would, if then living, have had such a connection,

was born in a F29British overseas territory ; or

is or was a person naturalised in a F29British overseas territory ; or

was registered as a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies in a F29British overseas territory ; or

became a British subject by reason of the annexation of any territory included in a F29British overseas territory .

he is a person born outside the F33British overseas territories after commencement who is a F32British overseas territories citizen by virtue of section 16(1)(a) only or by virtue of registration under section 17(2) or 21; or

subject to subsection (2), he is a person born outside the F33British overseas territories before commencement who became a F32British overseas territories citizen at commencement under section 23(1)(b) only; or

subject to subsection (2), being a woman, she became a F32British overseas territories citizen at commencement under section 23(1)(c) only, and did so only by virtue of having been, immediately before commencement or earlier, the wife of a man who immediately after commencement was, or would but for his death have been, a F32British overseas territories citizen by descent by virtue of paragraph (b) or (d) of this subsection; or

subject to subsection (2), being a woman born outside the F33British overseas territories before commencement, she is a F32British overseas territories citizen as a result of her registration as such a citizen under section 20 by virtue of being or having been married to a man who at commencement became such a citizen by descent or would have done so but for his having died or ceased to be a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies as a result of a declaration of renunciation; or

he is a F32British overseas territories citizen by virtue of registration under section 22 who, having before commencement ceased to be a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies as a result of a declaration of renunciation, would, if he had not so ceased, have at commencement become a F32British overseas territories citizen by descent by virtue of paragraph (b), (d) or (e);

he is a F32British overseas territories citizen by virtue of registration under section 13 (as applied by section 24) who, immediately before he ceased to be a F32British overseas territories citizen as a result of a declaration of renunciation, was such a citizen by descent; or

he is a person born in the United Kingdom after commencement who is a F32British overseas territories citizen by virtue of paragraph 1 of Schedule 2.

Crown service under the government of a F34British overseas territory ; and

service of any description at any time designated under section 16(3).