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(2) A person born outside the United Kingdom shall be entitled,

on an application for his registration as a British citizen made

within the period of twelve months from the date of the birth, to be registered as 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 -

(a)

that the parent in question was a British citizen

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 employed wholly or mainly outside the United

Kingdom in employment to which this subsection

applies;

and

(c) that the circumstances of that employment involved

a close connection with the United Kingdo:1; and

(a) that the parent in question intends to maintain a

close connection with the United Kingdom or, if

the parent in question has died since the birth,

that he or she had that intention at the time of

the birth and would have continued to have it but

for his or her death.

(3) Subsection (2) applies to employment

(a) with any company or association established in

the United Kingdom;

(b) with any company or association established outside

the United Kingdom, so long as the employee ic

employed by that company or association on secondwent

from an associated company or association established

in the United Kingdom;