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 ”.