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(2) Where a person born on or after 1st July 1997 would,
but for this paragraph, be born stateless, then, if at the time
of 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
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(b)
that the parent in question was a British Overseas
citizen by virtue of paragraph (2) above at the
time of the birth; and
that the father or mother of the parent in
question was, immediately before 1st July 1997,
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a British Dependent Territories citizen otherwise
than by descent 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.
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