15 Acquisition by birth or adoption
British Nationality Act 1981 (1981 c 61) | Legislation

Part II [British Overseas Territories Citizenship]

Acquisition after commencement

15  Acquisition by birth or adoption

(1)     A person born in a [British overseas territory] after commencement shall be a [British overseas territories citizen] if at the time of the birth his father or mother is—

(a)     a [British overseas territories citizen]; or

(b)     settled in a [British overseas territory].

(2)     A new-born infant who, after commencement, is found abandoned in a [British overseas territory] shall, unless the contrary is shown, be deemed for the purposes of subsection (1)—

(a)     to have been born in that territory after commencement; and

(b)     to have been born to a parent who at the time of the birth was a [British overseas territories citizen] or settled in a [British overseas territory].

(3)     A person born in a [British overseas territory] after commencement

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