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BACKGROUND NOTE
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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1982
THE BRITISH NATIONALITY ACT 1981 WILL COME INTO EFFECT ON JANUARY 1, 1983. BDTCS WILL, ON THAT DATE, BE ACQUIRED BY EXISTING CUKCS
★ WHO ARE SUCH BY BIRTH, NATURALISATION OR REGISTRATION IN AN
EXISTING DEPENDENT TERRITORY;
* WHO ARE THE CHILDREN OR GRANDCHILDREN OF CUKCS, WHO ACQUIRED THAT STATUS BY BIRTH, NATURALISATION OR REGISTRATION IN AN EXISTING DEPENDENT TERRITORY;
* WHO HAVE BEEN MARRIED TO A MAN WHO BECOMES OR WOULD, BUT
FOR HIS DEATH, HAVE BECOME A BDTC;
* WHO WERE REGISTERED AS CUKCS OUTSIDE THE DEPENDENT
TERRITORIES, WHILE THEY WERE MINORS, AND ONE OF WHOSE PARENTS BECOMES A BDTC ;
* WHO WERE REGISTERED AS CUKCS OUTSIDE THE DEPENDENT TERRITORIES ON GROUNDS OF CONNECTION WITH AN EXISTING DEPENDENT TERRITORY.
FROM JANUARY 1, 1983, THE PRINCIPAL METHODS BY WHICH A PERSON MAY ACQUIRE BDTC WILL BE -
BY BIRTH (WITHIN OR WITHOUT A DEPENDENT TERRITORY)
* A CHILD BORN IN THE DEPENDENT TERRITORIES WILL BE A BDTC IF
AT THE TIME OF THE BIRTH A PARENT IS A BDTC OR SETTLED IN THE DEPENDENT TERRITORIES (1.E, ORDINARILY RESIDENT WITHOUT BEING SUBJECT TO ANY RESTRICTION ON THE PERIOD FOR WHICH HE/SHE MAY REMAIN);
* A CHILD BORN OUTSIDE THE DEPENDENT TERRITORIES TO A BDTC WHO
IS SERVING OUTSIDE THE DEPENDENT TERRITORIES IN CROWN SERVICE UNDER THE GOVERNMENT OF A DEPENDENT TERRITORY WILL BE A BDTC SUBJECT TO RECRUITMENT HAVING TAKEN PLACE IN A DEPENDENT TERRITORY;
* A CHILD BORN IN THE DEPENDENT TERRITORIES WHO IS NOT
AUTOMATICALLY A BDTC WILL BE ENTITLED TO BE REGISTERED AS A BDTC -
(A) IF, WHILE HE OR SHE IS A MINOR, EITHER PARENT BECOMES A
BDTC OR SETTLED IN A DEPENDENT TERRITORY:
(B) AT ANY TIME AFTER HE ATTAINS THE AGE OF TEN IF HE HAS
LIVED IN THE DEPENDENT TERRITORY FOR THE FIRST TEN YEARS OF HIS LIFE - ABSENCES UP TO 90 DAYS PER YEAR BEING DISREGARDED.
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