SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 1British citizenship and the British overseas territories
1Birth or adoption
1
Section 1 of the British Nationality Act 1981 (c. 61) (acquisition of British citizenship by birth or adoption) is amended as follows.
2
In subsection (1) (entitlement of person born in the United Kingdom whose parent is a British citizen or settled in the United Kingdom)—
a
after “born in the United Kingdom after commencement” insert “
, or in a qualifying territory on or after the appointed day,
”
, and
b
in paragraph (b), after “settled in the United Kingdom” insert “
or that territory
”
.
3
In subsection (2) (presumption in relation to infants found abandoned in the United Kingdom)—
a
after the first “United Kingdom”, insert “
, or on or after the appointed day is found abandoned in a qualifying territory,
”
,
b
in paragraph (a), after “commencement” insert “
or in that territory on or after the appointed day
”
, and
c
in paragraph (b), after “United Kingdom”, insert “
or that territory
”
.
4
In subsection (5)
(as inserted by the Adoption (Intercountry Aspects) Act 1999 (c. 18))
(entitlement of a person adopted pursuant to the order of a court in the United Kingdom), after “United Kingdom” insert “
or, on or after the appointed day, any court in a qualifying territory
”
.
5
In relation to any time after the commencement of this Schedule but before the coming into force of section 7 of the Adoption (Intercountry Aspects) Act 1999, in subsection (5)
(entitlement pursuant to adoption order made by court in the United Kingdom), for “he” substitute “
or where on or after the appointed day such an order is made by any court in a qualifying territory, the minor
”
.