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British Nationality Act 1981

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22Right to registration replacing right to resume citizenship of U.K. and Colonies

(1)Subject to subsection (3), a person shall be entitled, on an application for his registration as a British Dependent Territories citizen, to be registered as such a citizen if immediately before commencement he would (had he applied for it) have been entitled under section 1(1) of the [1964 c. 22.] British Nationality Act 1964 (resumption of citizenship) to be registered as a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies by virtue of having an appropriate qualifying connection with a dependent territory or, if a woman, by virtue of having been married before commencement to a person who has, or would if living have, such a connection.

(2)On an application for his registration as a British Dependent Territories citizen made by a person of full capacity who had before commencement ceased to be a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies as a result of a declaration of renunciation, the Secretary of State may, if he thinks fit, cause that person to be registered as a British Dependent Territories citizen if that person—

(a)has an appropriate qualifying connection with a dependent territory; or

(b)if a woman, has been married to a person who has, or would if living have, such a connection.

(3)A person shall not be entitled to registration under subsection (1) on more than one occasion.

(4)For the purposes of this section a person shall be taken to have an appropriate qualifying connection with a dependent territory if he, his father or his father's father—

(a)was born in that territory ; or

(b)is or was a person naturalised in that territory; or

(c)was registered as a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies in that territory; or

(d)became a British subject by reason of the annexation of any territory included in that territory.

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