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description of service which he considers to be closely associated 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 5 annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of
Parliament.
PART II
15.-(1) If while a person is a minor an application is made Acquisition for his registration as a citizen of the British Dependent by registration: Territories, the Secretary of State may, if he thinks fit, cause minors. 10 him to be registered as such a citizen.
(2) A person born outside the dependent territories shall 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 15 such a citizen if the Secretary of State is satisfied that the following requirements are or were fulfilled in the case of either his father or his mother ("the parent in question "), namely--
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(a) that the parent in question was a citizen of the British Dependent Territories at the time of the birth; and (b) that throughout the period of five years ending with the date of the birth the parent in question was em- ployed wholly or mainly outside the dependent territories in employment to which this subsection applies; and
(c) that the nature or terms and conditions of that employ- ment 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, that he or she had that intention at the time of the birth.
(3) Subsection (2) applies to full-time employment—
(a) with any company or association established in a de-
pendent territory;
(b) with any company or association established outside the dependent territories, so long as the employee is employed by that company or association on second- ment from an associated company or association established in a dependent territory; or
(c) under any international organisation of which a depen- dent territory or the government of a dependent terri- tory is a member.