XN000022-1982-12-03 — Page 5

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1982

BY DESCENT

A CHILD BORN OUTSIDE THE DEPENDENT TERRITORIES WILL BE A BDTC IF AT THE TIME OF BIRTH A PARENT IS A BDTC OTHERWISE THAN BY DESCENT. (IN GENERAL THIS MEANS THAT A PARENT MUST HAVE ACQUIRED BDTC BY BIRTH, REGISTRATION, NATURALISATION OR ADOPTION IN A DEPENDENT TERRITORY).

THE EFFECT OF THIS PROVISION IS THAT BDTC WILL NOT NORMALLY BE ACQUIRED BY THE SECOND GENERATION BORN OUTSIDE THE DEPENDENT TERRITORIES. HOWEVER, IN SOME CIRCUMSTANCES, THE SECOND GENERATION BORN OUTSIDE THE DEPENDENT TERRITORIES MAY ACQUIRE BDTC AT A SUBSEQUENT DATE BY REGISTRATION; SEE BELOW UNDER +BY REGISTRATION (MINORS)+.

BY NATURALISATION

AS AT PRESENT, APPLICATIONS FOR NATURALISATION MAY BE MADE AFTER FIVE YEARS' RESIDENCE. ADDITIONALLY, BOTH MEN AND WOMEN WHO MARRY BDTCS WILL BE ABLE TO APPLY FOR BDTC BY NATURALISATION AFTER THREE YEARS' RESIDENCE IN A DEPENDENT TERRITORY SUBJECT TO THEIR BEING FREE OF CONDITIONS OF STAY.

BY REGISTRATION (MINORS)

A CHILD BORN OUTSIDE THE DEPENDENT TERRITORIES TO A PARENT WHO IS A BOTC BY DESCENT WILL HAVE AN ENTITLEMENT TO BDTC BY REGISTRATION IF -

(A) THE FATHER, MOTHER AND CHILD RETURN TO A DEPENDENT TERRITORY

AND ARE RESIDENT THERE FOR THREE YEARS, OR

(B) A GRANDPARENT WAS, OR BUT FOR DEATH WOULD HAVE BEEN, A BDTC OTHERWISE THAN BY DESCENT AND THE PARENT HAD LIVED IN A DEPENDENT TERRITORY FOR THREE YEARS AT ANY TIME BEFORE THE CHILD'S BIRTH AND THE APPLICATION IS MADE WITHIN ONE YEAR CF BIRTH:

BY DISCRETIONARY REGISTRATION

THERE WILL BE DISCRETIONARY POWER TO REGISTER ANY CHILD AS A EDTC. THIS IS ANALOGOUS TO THE EXISTING DISCRETIONARY POWER TO REGISTER ANY CHILD AS A CUKC.