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THE BIRTH HIS FATHER OR MOTHER IS A BRITISH NATIONAL (OVERSEAS)
OR A BRITISH OVERSEAS CITIZEN BY VIRTUE OF PARAGRAPH (1) ABOVE,
HE SHALL BE A BRITISH OVERSEAS CITIZEN.
(3) A PERSON BORN STATELESS ON OR AFTER 1ST JULY 1997 OUTSIDE
THE DEPENDENT TERRITORIES SHALL BE ENTITLED, ON AN APPLICATION
FOR HIS REGISTRATION AS A BRITISH OVERSEAS CITIZEN MADE WITHIN
THE PERIOD OF TWELVE MONTHS FROM THE DATE OF THE BIRTH, TO BE
REGISTERED AS SUCH A CITIZEN IF THE REQUIREMENTS SPECIFIED IN
PARAGRAPH (4) BELOW ARE FULFILLED IN THE CASE OF EITHER THAT
PERSON'S FATHER OR HIS MOTHER. ('THE PARENT IN QUESTION').
(4) THE REQUIREMENTS REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPH (3) ABOVE ARE
(A) THAT THE PARENT IN QUESTION WAS A BRITISH OVERSEAS
CITIZEN BY VIRTUE OF PARAGRAPH (2) ABOVE AT THE TIME OF THE
BIRTH: AND
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(B) THAT THE FATHER OR MOTHER OF THE PARENT IN QUESTION
WAS, IMMEDIATELY BEFORE 1ST JULY 1997, A BRITISH DEPENDENT
TERRITORIES CITIZEN OTHERWISE THAN BY DESCENT BY VIRTUE OF
HAVING A CONNECTION WITH HONG KONG OR WOULD HAVE BEEN SO BUT FOR
HIS OR HER DEATH.
(5) IF IN THE SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES OF ANY PARTICULAR CASE
THE SECRETARY OF STATE THINKS FIT, HE MAY TREAT PARAGRAPH (3)
ABOVE AS IF THE REFERENCE TO TWELVE MONTHS WERE A REFERENCE TO
SIX YEARS.
BRITISH NATIONALITY ACTS
7.-(1) THE BRITISH NATIONALITY ACT 1981
( 'THE 1981 ACT') AND THE BRITISH NATIONALITY (FALKLAND ISLANDS)
ACT 1983 (''THE 1983 ACT'') SHALL HAVE EFFECT SUBJECT TO THE
FOLLOWING PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE.
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(2) SECTION 4(1) OF THE 1981 ACT (ACQUISITION BY REGISTRATION:
BRITISH DEPENDENT TERRITORIES CITIZENS, ETC.) SHALL HAVE EFFECT AS
IF
AFTER THE WORDS 'BRITISH DEPENDENT TERRITORIES CITIZEN' THERE
WERE INSERTED THE WORDS A BRITISH NATIONAL (OVERSEAS),'.
(3)
SECTION 37 OF THE 1981 ACT (COMMONWEALTH CITIZENSHIP) SHALL
HAVE EFFECT AS IF IN SUBSECTION (1)(A)
(A) THE REFERENCE TO THE 1981 ACT INCLUDED A REFERENCE T
THIS ORDER:
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