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(b) for prescribing the manner in which, and the persons to and by whom, applications for registration or naturalisation under any provision of this Act may or must be made;
(c) for the registration of anything required or authorised 5
by or under this Act to be registered;
(d) for the administration and taking of oaths of allegiance under this Act, as to the time within which oaths of allegiance must be taken, and for the registration of oaths of allegiance ;
(e) for the giving of any notice required or authorised to be
given to any person under this Act;
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(f) for the cancellation of the registration of, and the can- cellation and amendment of certificates of naturalisa- tion relating to, persons deprived of citizenship under 15 this Act, and for requiring such certificates to be delivered up for those purposes;
(g) for the births and deaths of persons of any class or description born or dying in a country mentioned in Schedule 3 to be registered there by the High Com- 20 missioner for Her Majesty's government in the United Kingdom or by members of his official staff; (h) for the births and deaths of persons of any class or description born or dying in a foreign country to be registered there by consular officers or other officers in 25 the service of Her Majesty's government in the United Kingdom;
(i) for enabling the births and deaths of British citizens, citizens of the British Dependent Territories, British Overseas citizens, British subjects and British protected 30 persons born or dying in any country in which Her Majesty's government in the United Kingdom has for the time being no diplomatic or consular representa- tives to be registered-
(i) by persons serving in the diplomatic, consular 35 or other foreign service of any country which, by arrangement with Her Majesty's government in the United Kingdom, has undertaken to represent that government's interest in that country, or
(ii) by a person authorised in that behalf by the 40 Secretary of State.
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(b) the effecting in the United Kingdom of any registration
authorised by or under this Act;
(c) the making in the United Kingdom of any declaration, the grant there of any certificate, or the taking there of any oath of allegiance authorised to be made, granted or taken by or under this Act;
(d) the supplying in the United Kingdom of a certified or other copy of any notice, certificate, order, declara- tion or entry given, granted or made under or by virtue of this Act or any of the former nationality Acts:
(e) the carrying out of searches in or of any registers or other records, being registers or records held in the United Kingdom by or on behalf of the Secretary of State or by any prescribed authority which are or may be relevant for the purpose of determining the status of any person under this Act or any of the former nationality Acts;
(f) the supplying by or on behalf of the Secretary of State of an opinion in writing concerning the status of any person under this Act or any of the former nationality Acts, or a certified or other copy of such an opinion.
(3) Regulations under subsection (1) or (2) may make differ- 25 ent provision for different circumstances; and regulations under subsection (2) may provide for any fees imposed by the regulations to be payable at such times as may be prescribed.
(4) Her Majesty may by Order in Council provide for any Act or Northern Ireland legislation to which this subsection 30 applies to apply, with such adaptations and modifications as
appear to Her necessary, to births and deaths registered—
(a) in accordance with regulations made in pursuance of subsection (1)(g) to (i) of this section or subsection (1)(f) and (g) of section 29 of the 1948 Act; or
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(2) The Secretary of State may with the consent of the Treasury by regulations make provision for the imposition, recovery and application of fees in connection with any of the following matters, namely
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(a) any application made to the Secretary of State under
this Act;
(b) at a consulate of Her Majesty in accordance with regulations made under the British Nationality and Status of Aliens Acts 1914 to 1943 or in accordance with instructions of the Secretary of State; or
(c) by a High Commissioner for Her Majesty's govern- ment in the United Kingdom or members of his official staff in accordance with instructions of the Secretary of State;
and an Order in Council under this subsection may exclude, in relation to births and deaths so registered, any of the provisions 45 of section 42.
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