Version Superseded: 28/06/2022
Point in time view as at 21/07/1993.
British Nationality Act 1981, Cross Heading: Persons born stateless before commencement is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 03 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
5(1)A person born before commencement shall be entitled, on an application for his registration under this paragraph, to be so registered if the circumstances are such that, if—U.K.
(a)this Act had not been passed, and the enactments repealed or amended by this Act had continued in force accordingly; and
(b)an application for the registration of that person under section 1 of the M1British Nationality (No. 2) Act 1964 (stateless persons) as a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies had been made on the date of the application under this paragraph,
that person would have been entitled under that section to be registered as such a citizen.
(2)A person entitled to registration under this paragraph shall be registered under it as such a citizen as he would have become at commencement if, immediately before commencement, he had been registered as a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies under section 1 of the M2British Nationality (No. 2) Act 1964 on whichever of the grounds mentioned in subsection (1)(a) to (c) of that section he would have been entitled to be so registered on in the circumstances described in sub-paragraph (1)(a) and (b) of this paragraph.
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