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TELEGRAM NUMBER 110 OF 6 FEBRUARY 1981.
NATIONALITY BILL: BIRTH IN CBDT
BESK OFFICER
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1. THE HOME SECRETARY HAS DECIDED THAT THERE SHOULD BE A PRO-
VISION ADDED TO CLAUSE 1 OF THE BILL UNDER WHICH A CHILD BORN IN
THE UNITED KINGDOM TO A PARENT WHO IS NEITHER A BRITISH CITIZEN
NOR 'SETTLED' WOULD BE ENTITLED TO BE REGISTERED AS A BRITISH
CITIZEN AT ANY TIME AFTER ATTAINING THE AGE OF 10 YEARS PROVIDED
THAT HE WAS IN THIS COUNTRY FOR THE FIRST 10 YEARS OF HIS LIFE. THE PROVISION WOULD ALLOW SUCH A PERSON TO HAVE BEEN ABSENT FOR UP
TO 90 DAYS IN EACH PERIOD OF 12 MONTHS COMMENCING WITH THE DATE OF
HIS BIRTH.
2. THERE WILL PROBABLY NEED TO BE A CORRESPONDING PROVISION FOR
ACQUISITION OF CITIZENSHIP OF CBDTS. IN MOST CASES TO WHICH THIS
PROVISION WOULD APPLY, THE APPLICANT WOULD HAVE REMAINED IN THE
SAME DEPENDENCY FROM BIRTH, BUT, BECAUSE OF THE COMPOSITE NATURE
OF CBDT, PROVISION WOULD NEED TO COVER THE PERSON WHO WAS BORN IN
ONE DEPENDENCY AND THEN MOVED TO ANOTHER WHERE HE COMPLETED THE
10 YEARS RESIDENCE REQUIREMENT. GRATEFUL TO KNOW WHETHER THIS
WOULD CAUSE YOU DIFFICULTY DESKBY 090900Z.
CARRINGTON
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