The British Nationality (British Overseas Territories) Regulations 2007

Application under section 22(1) of the Act U.K.

14.  The application shall contain information showing—

(a) that the applicant has renounced citizenship of the United Kingdom and Colonies before commencement;

(b) that at the time when he renounced it, the applicant was, or was about to become, a citizen of a country mentioned immediately before commencement in section 1(3) of the British Nationality Act 1948(1);

(c) that the applicant could not have remained or become such a citizen but for renouncing it or had reasonable cause to believe that he would be deprived of his citizenship of that country unless he renounced it;

(d) that the applicant possessed the requisite qualifying connection with a British overseas territory immediately before commencement or was married before commencement to a person who possessed the requisite qualifying connection with a British overseas territory immediately before commencement or who would if living have possessed such a connection;

(e) that the applicant has not previously been registered under section 22(1) of the Act (right to registration replacing right to resume citizenship of UK and Colonies)(2); and

(f) where the applicant is aged 10 or over, that he is of good character.

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 2 para. 14 in force at 3.12.2007, see reg. 1

(1)

1948 c. 56. Section 1 of the British Nationality Act 1948 was repealed by section 52(8) of, and Schedule 9 to, the 1981 Act.

(2)

Section 22(1) of the 1981 Act has been amended by: sections 1 and 2 of the British Overseas Territories Act 2002; and sections 5 and 161 of, and Schedule 9 to, the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002.