C1Part IIF1British overseas territories citizenship
Pt. II (ss. 15–25) excluded by S.I. 1983/882, art. 2(3)
Acquisition after commencement: special cases
21 Right to registration by virtue of father’s citizenship etc.
A person born in a foreign country within five years after commencement shall be entitled, on an application for his registration as a F2British overseas territories citizen made within the period of twelve months from the date of the birth, to be registered as such a citizen if—
- a
the requirements referred to in subsection (1)(a) of section 9 are fulfilled in the case of that person’s father, subsection (2)(b) of that section being for the purposes of this paragraph read as if any reference to becoming or remaining a British citizen were a reference to becoming or, as the case may be, remaining a F2British overseas territories citizen ; and
- b
had that person been born before commencement and become a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies as mentioned in subsection (1)(b) of that section, he would at commencement have become a F2British overseas territories citizen by virtue of section 23(1)(b).
- a
Pt. II heading substituted (26.2.2002) by British Overseas Territories Act 2002 (c. 8), s. 2(2)(a)