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United Kingdom or was an unregistered ship or air- craft of the government of the United Kingdom; but (b) subject to paragraph (a), is to be regarded as born out- side the United Kingdom, whoever was the owner of the ship or aircraft at that time, and irrespective of whether or where it was then registered.

The preceding provisions of this subsection shall apply in relation to each dependent territory with the substitution of refer- ences to that territory for references to the United Kingdom.

(7) For the purposes of this Act an application under any provision thereof shall be taken to have been made at the time of its receipt by a person authorised to receive it on behalf of the person to whom it is made; and references in this Act to the date of such an application are references to the date of its receipt 15 by a person so authorised.

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(8) For the purposes of this Act-

(a) the relationship of mother and child shall be taken to exist between a woman and any child (legitimate or illegitimate) born to her; but

(b) subject to section 44, the relationship of father and child shall be taken to exist only between a man and any legitimate child born to him;

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and the expressions "mother", "father parent", 'child' and "descended" shall be construed accordingly.

(9) For the purposes of this Act-

(a) a period "from" or "to" a specified date includes

that date; and

(b) any reference to a day on which a person was absent from the United Kingdom or from a dependent terri- tory or from the dependent territories is a reference to a day for the whole which he was so absent.

(10) For the purposes of this Act-

(a) a person is of full age if he has attained the age of eighteen years, and of full capacity if he is not of unsound mind; and

(b) a person attains any particular age at the beginning of

the relevant anniversary of the date of his birth.

(11) References in this Act to any country mentioned in Schedule 3 include references to the dependencies of that 40 country.

(12) Her Majesty may by Order in Council subject to annul- ment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament

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