PART IV
Registration
of minor children.
Registration of certain alien women entitled to registration as British
subjects immediately
before
commence-
ment,
1965 c. 34.
Renunciation.
Circumstances
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British Nationality
(3) If at any time after commencement a citizen of the Republic of Ireland who is within subsection (1) but is not a British subject by virtue of subsection (2) gives notice in writing to the Secretary of State claiming to remain a British subject on either or both of the following grounds, namely--
(a) that he is or has been in Crown Service under the
government of the United Kingdom; and
(b) that he has associations by way of descent, residence or otherwise with the United Kingdom or with any dependent territory,
he shall as from that time be a British subject by virtue of this subsection.
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PART V
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MISCELLANEOUS AND SUPPLEMENTARY
33. The provisions of Schedule 2 shall have effect for the Provisions for purpose of reducing statelessness.
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34-(1) Every person who-
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(4) A person who is a British subject by virtue of subsection (2) or (3) shall be deemed to have remained a British subject from 1st January 1949 to the time when (whether already a 15 British subject by virtue of the said section 2 or not) he became a British subject by virtue of that subsection.
29. If while a person is a minor an application is made for his registration as a British subject, the Secretary of State may, if he thinks fit, cause him to be registered as a British 20 subject.
30. A woman who immediately before commencement was the wife of a British subject shall be entitled, on an application for her registration as a British subject made within two years after commencement, to be registered as a British subject if— 25
(a) immediately before commencement she would (if she had applied for it) have been entitled under section 1 of the British Nationality Act 1965 to be registered as a British subject by virtue of her marriage to the man who was then her husband; and
(b) on the date of the application under this section that
man is a British subject; and
(c) she remained married to him throughout the period
from commencement to that date.
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reducing statelessness.
Common- wealth
(a) under this Act is a British citizen, a citizen of the British citizenship.
Dependent Territories, a British Overseas citizen or a British subject; or
(b) under any enactment for the time being in force in any country mentioned in Schedule 3 is a citizen of that country,
shall have the status of a Commonwealth citizen.
(2) Her Majesty may by Order in Council amend Schedule 3 by the alteration of any entry, the removal of any entry, or the 15 insertion of any additional entry.
(3) Any Order in Council made under this section shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.
(4) After commencement no person shall have the status of a 20 Commonwealth citizen or the status of a British subject other-
wise than under this Act.
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31. The provisions of section 10 shall apply in relation to 35 British subjects and the status of a British subject as they apply in relation to British citizens and British citizenship.
32. A person who under this Act is a British subject other- in which wise than by virtue of section 28 shall cease to be such a subject British subjects if, in whatever circumstances and whether under this Act or 40
otherwise, he acquires any other citizenship or nationality whatever.
are to lose that status.
35.--(1) Her Majesty may by Order in Council made in British relation to any territory which was at any time before com- protected mencement----
(a) a protectorate or protected state for the purposes of the
1948 Act; or
(b) a United Kingdom trust territory within the meaning of
that Act,
declare to be British protected persons for the purposes of this 30 Act any class of persons who are connected with that territory and are not citizens of any country mentioned in Schedule 3 which consists of or includes that territory.
(2) Any Order in Council made under this section shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either 35 House of Parliament.
persons.
36.-(1) The Immigration Act 1971 shall be amended in Amendment accordance with the following provisions of this section. of Immigration
Act 1971.
(2) For section 2 (statement of right of abode) there shall be 1971 c. 77. substituted--