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a father who was a CUKC by birth. The child of a CUKC by descent, if born abroad, did not become a CUKC at birth, but if born in a foreign country could be made a CUKC by descent by registration at a Consulate. This was not possible if a child were born in an independent Commonwealth country, it being reasoned that the nationality of that country was appropriate.

Changes Froposed in 1977

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The Green Paper "British Nationality Law: Discussion of Possible Changes" (April 1977, Cand 6795) proposed the following general rules in respect of the acquisition of the proposed new status of "British Citizen"

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(a)

Citizenship by birth, acquired by birth in the United Kingdom;

(b) Citizenship by descent, acquired by birth

elsewhere, if either father or mother were મ British Citizen by birth;

(e) No transmission of citizenship to second or

subsequent generations born abroad.

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These proposals on the transmission of citizenship attracted singularly little attention until recently ani as yet no protests from British residents abroad. Early in 1979 I took steps to draw the attention of some British commercial organisations in this country to the proposals and a circular is about to be issued to posts abroad to request them to ensure that local British residents understand the proposals. It seemed to me that if there are to be protests against the proposals they should be made before the Bill is laid before Parliament and not after it has passed into law as happened in 1914.

Crown Servants

7. A child born abroad whose father is a CUKC who is in the service of the Crown is a CUKC by descent at birik

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