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Part II
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Citizens of
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A person shall at commencement become a
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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
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<Substitution ChangeId="d29p2253" CommentaryRef="c16762581">British overseas territories citizen</Substitution>
if—
</Text>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1981/61/section/23/2/a" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1981/61/section/23/2/a" id="section-23-2-a">
<Pnumber>a</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>
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
<CommentaryRef Ref="c8126241"/>
British Nationality (
<Abbreviation Expansion="Number">No.</Abbreviation>
2) Act 1964 (stateless persons); and
</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1981/61/section/23/2/b" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1981/61/section/23/2/b" id="section-23-2-b">
<Pnumber>b</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>
he was so registered otherwise than in a
<Substitution ChangeId="d29p2271" CommentaryRef="c16728571">British overseas territory</Substitution>
; and
</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1981/61/section/23/2/c" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1981/61/section/23/2/c" id="section-23-2-c">
<Pnumber>c</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>his father or mother (in the case of a person registered under the said section 7) or his mother (in the case of a person registered under the said section 1)—</Text>
<P4 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1981/61/section/23/2/c/i" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1981/61/section/23/2/c/i" id="section-23-2-c-i">
<Pnumber>i</Pnumber>
<P4para>
<Text>was a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies at the time of the registration or would have been such a citizen at that time but for his or her death; and</Text>
</P4para>
</P4>
<P4 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1981/61/section/23/2/c/ii" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1981/61/section/23/2/c/ii" id="section-23-2-c-ii">
<Pnumber>ii</Pnumber>
<P4para>
<Text>
becomes a
<Substitution ChangeId="d29p2293" CommentaryRef="c16762581">British overseas territories citizen</Substitution>
at commencement or would have done so but for his or her death.
</Text>
</P4para>
</P4>
</P3para>
</P3>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1981/61/section/23/3" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1981/61/section/23/3" id="section-23-3">
<Pnumber>3</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>A person who—</Text>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1981/61/section/23/3/a" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1981/61/section/23/3/a" id="section-23-3-a">
<Pnumber>a</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>
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
<Substitution ChangeId="d29p2309" CommentaryRef="c16728571">British overseas territory</Substitution>
; and
</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1981/61/section/23/3/b" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1981/61/section/23/3/b" id="section-23-3-b">
<Pnumber>b</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>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),</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<Text>
shall at commencement become a
<Substitution ChangeId="d29p2321" CommentaryRef="c16762581">British overseas territories citizen</Substitution>
if the relevant person—
</Text>
<P4 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1981/61/section/23/3/i" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1981/61/section/23/3/i" id="section-23-3-i">
<Pnumber>i</Pnumber>
<P4para>
<Text>
was born or naturalised in a
<Substitution ChangeId="d29p2331" CommentaryRef="c16728571">British overseas territory</Substitution>
; or
</Text>
</P4para>
</P4>
<P4 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1981/61/section/23/3/ii" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1981/61/section/23/3/ii" id="section-23-3-ii">
<Pnumber>ii</Pnumber>
<P4para>
<Text>
became a British subject by reason of the annexation of any territory included in a
<Substitution ChangeId="d29p2341" CommentaryRef="c16728571">British overseas territory</Substitution>
.
</Text>
</P4para>
</P4>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1981/61/section/23/4" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1981/61/section/23/4" id="section-23-4">
<Pnumber>4</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>A person who—</Text>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1981/61/section/23/4/a" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1981/61/section/23/4/a" id="section-23-4-a">
<Pnumber>a</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>
immediately before commencement was a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies by virtue of registration under section 1 of the
<CommentaryRef Ref="c8126251"/>
British Nationality Act 1964 (resumption of citizenship); and
</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1981/61/section/23/4/b" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1981/61/section/23/4/b" id="section-23-4-b">
<Pnumber>b</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>
was so registered otherwise than in a
<Substitution ChangeId="d29p2365" CommentaryRef="c16728571">British overseas territory</Substitution>
; and
</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1981/61/section/23/4/c" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1981/61/section/23/4/c" id="section-23-4-c">
<Pnumber>c</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>
was so registered by virtue of having an appropriate qualifying connection with a
<Substitution ChangeId="d29p2375" CommentaryRef="c16728571">British overseas territory</Substitution>
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,
</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<Text>
shall at commencement become a
<Substitution ChangeId="d29p2381" CommentaryRef="c16762581">British overseas territories citizen</Substitution>
.
</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1981/61/section/23/5" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1981/61/section/23/5" id="section-23-5">
<Pnumber>5</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>
For the purposes of subsection (4) a person shall be taken to have an appropriate qualifying connection with a
<Substitution ChangeId="d29p2391" CommentaryRef="c16728571">British overseas territory</Substitution>
if he, his father or his father’s father—
</Text>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1981/61/section/23/5/a" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1981/61/section/23/5/a" id="section-23-5-a">
<Pnumber>a</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>
was born in a
<Substitution ChangeId="d29p2401" CommentaryRef="c16728571">British overseas territory</Substitution>
; or
</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1981/61/section/23/5/b" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1981/61/section/23/5/b" id="section-23-5-b">
<Pnumber>b</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>
is or was a person naturalised in a
<Substitution ChangeId="d29p2411" CommentaryRef="c16728571">British overseas territory</Substitution>
; or
</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1981/61/section/23/5/c" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1981/61/section/23/5/c" id="section-23-5-c">
<Pnumber>c</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>
was registered as a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies in a
<Substitution ChangeId="d29p2421" CommentaryRef="c16728571">British overseas territory</Substitution>
; or
</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1981/61/section/23/5/d" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1981/61/section/23/5/d" id="section-23-5-d">
<Pnumber>d</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>
became a British subject by reason of the annexation of any territory included in a
<Substitution ChangeId="d29p2431" CommentaryRef="c16728571">British overseas territory</Substitution>
.
</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1981/61/section/23/6" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1981/61/section/23/6" id="section-23-6">
<Pnumber>6</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>For the purposes of subsection (1)(b) references to citizenship of the United Kingdom and Colonies shall, in relation to a time before the year 1949, be construed as references to British nationality.</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
</P1para>
</P1>
</P1group>
</Pblock>
</Part>
</Body>
</Primary>
<Commentaries>
<Commentary id="c16762571" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
Words in
<CitationSubRef id="c00802" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1981/61/section/23" SectionRef="section-23">s. 23</CitationSubRef>
sidenote substituted (26.2.2002) by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2002/8" id="c00803" Year="2002" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="8" Title="British Overseas Territories Act 2002">British Overseas Territories Act 2002 (c. 8)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef CitationRef="c00803" id="c00804" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2002/8/section/2/2/b" SectionRef="section-2-2-b" Operative="true">s. 2(2)(b)</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c16762581" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
Words in
<CitationSubRef id="c00805" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1981/61/section/23" SectionRef="section-23">s. 23</CitationSubRef>
substituted (26.2.2002) by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2002/8" id="c00806" Year="2002" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="8" Title="British Overseas Territories Act 2002">British Overseas Territories Act 2002 (c. 8)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef CitationRef="c00806" id="c00807" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2002/8/section/2/2/b" SectionRef="section-2-2-b" Operative="true">s. 2(2)(b)</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c16728571" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
Words in
<CitationSubRef id="c00808" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1981/61/section/23" SectionRef="section-23">s. 23</CitationSubRef>
substituted (26.2.2002) by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2002/8" id="c00809" Year="2002" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="8" Title="British Overseas Territories Act 2002">British Overseas Territories Act 2002 (c. 8)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef CitationRef="c00809" id="c00810" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2002/8/section/1/1/b" SectionRef="section-1-1-b" Operative="true">s. 1(1)(b)</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c8126241" Type="M">
<Para>
<Text>
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1964/54" id="c00811" Year="1964" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="54">1964 c. 54</Citation>
.
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c8126251" Type="M">
<Para>
<Text>
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1964/22" id="c00812" Year="1964" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="22">1964 c. 22</Citation>
.
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c8126211" Type="C">
<Para>
<Text>
<CitationSubRef id="c00835" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1981/61/part/II" SectionRef="part-II">Pt. II</CitationSubRef>
(ss. 15–25) excluded by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1983/882" id="c00836" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="1983" Number="882">S.I. 1983/882</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef CitationRef="c00836" id="c00837" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1983/882/article/2/3" Operative="true" SectionRef="article-2-3">art. 2(3)</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c16761271" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
<CitationSubRef id="c00838" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1981/61/part/II" SectionRef="part-II">Pt. II</CitationSubRef>
heading substituted (26.2.2002) by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2002/8" id="c00839" Year="2002" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="8" Title="British Overseas Territories Act 2002">British Overseas Territories Act 2002 (c. 8)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef CitationRef="c00839" id="c00840" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2002/8/section/2/2/a" SectionRef="section-2-2-a" Operative="true">s. 2(2)(a)</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
</Commentaries>
</Legislation>