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TELEGRAM NUMBER 110 OF 6 FEBRUARY 1981.

NATIONALITY BILL: BIRTH IN CBDT

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1. THE HOME SECRETARY HAS DECIDED THAT THERE SHOULD BE A PRO-

VISION ADDED TO CLAUSE 1 OF THE BILL UNDER WHICH A CHILD BORN IN

THE UNITED KINGDOM TO A PARENT WHO IS NEITHER A BRITISH CITIZEN

NOR 'SETTLED' WOULD BE ENTITLED TO BE REGISTERED AS A BRITISH

CITIZEN AT ANY TIME AFTER ATTAINING THE AGE OF 10 YEARS PROVIDED

THAT HE WAS IN THIS COUNTRY FOR THE FIRST 10 YEARS OF HIS LIFE. THE PROVISION WOULD ALLOW SUCH A PERSON TO HAVE BEEN ABSENT FOR UP

TO 90 DAYS IN EACH PERIOD OF 12 MONTHS COMMENCING WITH THE DATE OF

HIS BIRTH.

2. THERE WILL PROBABLY NEED TO BE A CORRESPONDING PROVISION FOR

ACQUISITION OF CITIZENSHIP OF CBDTS. IN MOST CASES TO WHICH THIS

PROVISION WOULD APPLY, THE APPLICANT WOULD HAVE REMAINED IN THE

SAME DEPENDENCY FROM BIRTH, BUT, BECAUSE OF THE COMPOSITE NATURE

OF CBDT, PROVISION WOULD NEED TO COVER THE PERSON WHO WAS BORN IN

ONE DEPENDENCY AND THEN MOVED TO ANOTHER WHERE HE COMPLETED THE

10 YEARS RESIDENCE REQUIREMENT. GRATEFUL TO KNOW WHETHER THIS

WOULD CAUSE YOU DIFFICULTY DESKBY 090900Z.

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