CONFIDENTIAL-
for this purpose must be received by the Secretary of State within
2 years of the commencement of the new Act.
7.8 Resumption of citizenship
7.81
Provisions for the resumption of citizenship of the United Kingdon and Colonies in certain circumstances are at present contained in section 1 of the 1964 Act. Resumption is an entitlement if the person concerned has a "qualifying connection" with the United Kingdom and Colonies or a Protected State.
he has no such connection, resumption is at discretion.
If
7.82 Any person who, immediately before the commencement of the Bill, has an entitlement under section 1(1) of the 1964 Act by virtue of a qualifying connection with a dependency should have an entitlement to be registered as à citizen of the EDT on one. occasion czly. · The citizenship is to be regarded as being by reason of birth in a dependency for the purposes of the Bill if his carlier citizenship of the United gãos and Colonies was by
reas:= cf such birth.
7.83 The present meaning of "qualifying connection" is set out
in section 1(2) of the 1964 hct. For the purposes of the last
- paragrazi a person will have a qualifying corection with a
depent if he, his father or his father's father -
g
(a) zas born in the dependency;
:) is or was a person naturalised ie âcyendency;
(c) was registered as a Citizen of the United Hinrden and
Colonies by the Secretary of State: