PART I
1980 c. 63.
British Nationality
company or association established in the United King- dom is a member ;
(e) under the government of a dependent territory, if the employee's appointment was affected by the Crown Agents for Oversea Governments and Administrations 5 or by the official representative in the United Kingdom of that government; or
(f) in respect of which an agreement entered into by the Secretary of State under section 12 of the Overseas Development and Co-operation Act 1980 (power to 10 meet expenses incurred in connection with employment in overseas territories) is for the time being in force, so long as the employee is designated under that agreement.
(4) For the purposes of subsection (2)(b)——
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(a) where, in the case of any person, two periods of relevant employment are separated by an interval of not more than 90 days spent otherwise than in relevant em- ployment, he shall be treated as having been employed in relevant employment throughout the interval and, 20 if he was employed in overseas employment immedi- ately before the interval began, as having been em- ployed in overseas employment throughout the inter- val; and
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(b) where the parent in question is the mother, then, if 25
her last period of relevant employment before the birth ended in the period of 180 days ending with the date of the birth, she shall be treated as having been em- ployed in relevant employment throughout the period from the end of that period of relevant employment to 30 the date of the birth and, if she was employed in over- seas employment immediately before that period of relevant employment ended, as having been employed in overseas employment on the date of the birth; and the requirement specified in subsection (2)(c) shall not apply 35 in relation to any period which by virtue of this subsection counts as a period of relevant employment.
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(5) If in the special circumstances of any particular case the Secretary of State thinks fit, he may do either or both of the following things, namely—
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(a) treat subsection (2) as if the reference to twelve months
were a reference to six years; and
(b) treat subsection (2)(b) as if the reference to two years were a reference to such shorter period as he thinks fit.
(6) A person born outside the United Kingdom shall be entitled, on an application for his registration as a British citizen
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made while he is a minor, to be registered as such a citizen if the Secretary of State is satisfied
(a) that at the time of that person's birth his father or
mother was a British citizen by descent; and
(b) subject to subsection (7), that that person and his father and mother were in the United Kingdom at the begin- ning of the period of three years ending with the date of the application and that, in the case of each of them, the number of days on which the person in question was absent from the United Kingdom in that period does not exceed 270; and
(c) subject to subsection (7), that the consent of his father and mother to the registration has been signified in the prescribed manner.
(7) In the case of an application under subsection (6) for the registration of a person as a British citizen--
(a) if his father or mother died, or their marriage was terminated, on or before the date of the application, the references to his father and mother in paragraph (b) of that subsection shall be read either as references to his father or as references to his mother;
(b) if his father or mother died on or before that date, the reference to his father and mother in paragraph (c) of that subsection shall be read as a reference to either of them; and
(c) if he was born illegitimate, all those references shall be
read as references to his mother.
(8) For the purposes of this section-
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(a) overseas employment" means employment under the terms of which the employee ordinarily works outside the United Kingdom; and
(b) a company or association is associated with another company or association if one of them is directly or indirectly controlled by the other, or if each of them is directly or indirectly controlled by a third company or association,
(9) For the purposes of subsection (3) a partner in a firm established in the United Kingdom is to be regarded as employed in employment with the firm, but a partner in a firm established 40 outside the United Kingdom is not to be so regarded.
PART I
4.—(1) This section applies to any person who is a citizen of Acquisition the British Dependent Territories, a British Overseas citizen, a by registration: British subject under this Act or a British protected person.
citizens of the British
(2) A person to whom this section applies shall be entitled, on Dependent 45 an application for his registration as a British citizen, to be Territories etc.
registered as such a citizen if the Secretary of State is satisfied