[4I Other person unable to become citizen at commencement]
British Nationality Act 1981 (1981 c 61) | Legislation

[4I  Other person unable to become citizen at commencement]

[(1)     A person (“P”) is entitled to be registered as a British citizen on an application made under this section if—

(a)     P meets the general conditions;

(b)     P is either—

(i)     an eligible former British national, or

(ii)     an eligible non-British national; and

(c)     had P's mother been married to P's natural father at the time of P's birth, P—

(i)     would have been a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies immediately before commencement, and

(ii)     would have automatically become a British citizen at commencement by the operation of any provision of this Act.

[(1A)     In determining for the purposes of subsection (1)(c)(i) whether a person would have been a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies, the requirement that a person's birth was registered at a United Kingdom consulate, as set out in section 5(1)(b) of the British Nationality Act 1948, is to be ignored.]

(2)     P is an “eligible former British national” if P was not a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies immediately

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