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British Nationality Act 1981

c. 61

13

Supplementary

PART I

14.-(1) For the purposes of this Act a British citizen is a Meaning of British citizen "by descent" if and only if--

(a) he is a person born outside the United Kingdom after commencement who is a British citizen by virtue of section 2(1)(a) only or by virtue of registration under section 3(2) or 9; or

(b) subject to subsection (2), he is a person born outside the United Kingdom before commencement who be came a British citizen at commencement and immedi- ately before commencement-

(i) was a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies by virtue of section 5 of the 1948 Act (citizenship by descent); or

British citizen by descent'

(ii) was a person who, under any provision of the British Nationality Acts 1948 to 1965, was deemed for the purposes of the proviso to section 5(1) of. the 1948 Act to be a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies by descent only, or would have been so deemed if male; or

(iii) had the right of abode in the United King- dom by virtue only of paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section 2 of the Immigration Act 1971 as then 1971 c. 77. in force (connection with United Kingdom through parent or grandparent), or by virtue only of that paragraph and paragraph (c) of that subsection (set- tlement in United Kingdom with five years' ordinary residence there), or by virtue only of being or having been the wife of a person who immediately before commencement had that right by virtue only of the said paragraph (b) or the said paragraphs (b) and (c); or

(iv) being a woman, was a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies as a result of her registration as such a citizen under section 6(2) of the 1948 Act by virtue of having been married to a man who at commencement became a British citizen by descent or would have done so but for his having died or ceased to be a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies as a result of a declaration of renuncia- tion; or

(c) he is a British citizen by virtue of registration under

section 3(1) and either-

(i) his father or mother was a British citizen at the time of the birth; or