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B.

made on a form G and a person registered under this provision will

be a British citizen by descent. Detailed information is contained

in the instructions on section 5.

Statutory requirements

1.

Nationality status

(a) British Dependent Territories citizen

This status is or has been acquired under sections 15 - 23 of the 1981 Act by persons connected with the territories

listed in Schedule 6 to the Act.

(b) British Overseas citizen

This status is or has been acquired under sections 26 28

of the 1981 Act.

(c) British subject under the Act

(1) Former British subjects without citizenship

A person who immediately before commencement was a

British subject without citizenship under section 13

or 16 of the British Nationality Act 1948, or who

was a British subject by registration under section 1

of the British Nationality Act 1965, will from

commencement be a British subject by virtue of section

30 of the 1981 Act.

(ii) British subjects connected with the Republic of Ireland

A person who was immediately before 1 January 1949 both

a British subject and a citizen of Eire, and who has

made a clain under section 2 of the 1948 Act, will

at commencement be a British subject by virtue of

section 31(2) of the 1981 Act. Those who have not

made claims under section 2 of the 1948 Act will

continue to be able to make claims to remain British

subjects by virtue of section 31(3) of the 1981 Act.

(iii) Other provisions for acquisition of British subject

status

Section 32 gives the Home Secretary discretion to

register any minor child as a British subject.

(iv) Under section 33, a woman who immediately before

commencement was married to a British subject will

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