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his or her recruitment for that service having taken place in a dependent territory.
(2) Paragraph (b) of subsection (1) applies to---
(a) Crown service under the government of a dependent
territory; and
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(b) service of any description for the time being designated
under subsection (3).
(3) For the purposes of this section the Secretary of State may by order made by statutory instrument designate any description of service which he considers to be closely associated 10 with the activities outside the dependent territories of the govern- ment of any dependent territory.
(4) Any order made under subsection (3) shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.
17.—(1) If while a person is a minor an application is made by registration: for his registration as a citizen of the British Dependent Territories, the Secretary of State may, if he thinks fit, cause him to be registered as such a citizen.
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(2) A person born outside the dependent territories shall 20 be entitled, on an application for his registration as a citizen of the British Dependent Territories made within the period of twelve months from the date of the birth, to be registered as such a citizen if the Secretary of State is satisfied that the following requirements are or were fulfilled in the case of 25 either his father or his mother ("the parent in question"), namely-
(a) that the parent in question was a citizen of the British Dependent Territories at the time of the birth; and
(b) that the parent in question was employed in relevant 30
employment (but not necessarily the same relevant employment) throughout the period of two years ending with the date of the birth and was on that date em- ployed in overseas employment; and
(c) that the nature or the terms and conditions of that em- 35
ployment involved a close connection with one or more dependent territories; and
(d) that the parent in question intends to maintain a close connection with one or more dependent territories or, if the parent in question has died since the birth, 40 that he or she had that intention at the time of the birth.
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(3) In this section relevant employment means full-time employment (whether or not in a dependent territory)——
(a) with any company or association established in a de- 45
pendent territory;
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(b) with any company or association established outside the dependent territories, where the employee's employ- ment with that company or association was arranged by a company or association established in a dependent territory;
(c) with any company or association established outside the dependent territories which is associated with a company or association established in a dependent territory; or
(d) under any international organisation of which a depen- dent territory or the government of a dependent terri- tory or a company or association established in a dependent territory is a member.
(4) For the purposes of subsection (2)(b)-
(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 employ- ment, he shall be treated as having been employed in relevant employment throughout the interval and, if he was employed in overseas employment immedi- ately before the interval began, as having been em- ployed in overseas employment throughout the interval; and
(b) where the parent in question is the mother, then if 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 the date of the birth and, if she was employed in overseas employment immediately before that period of relevant employment ended, as having been em- ployed in overseas employment on the date of the birth;
35 and the requirement specified in subsection (2)(c) shall not apply in relation to any period which by virtue of this subsection counts as a period of relevant employment.
(5) If in the special circumstances of any particular case the Secretary of State thinks fit, he may do either or both of the 40 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.
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