Section 17F | [ Other Person Unable To Become Citizen At Commencement] | British Nationality Act 1981 C61

[17F Other person unable to become citizen at commencement]

British Nationality Act 1981 (1981 c 61) | Legislation

[17F Other person unable to become citizen at commencement]

[(1) A person (“P”) is entitled to be registered as a British overseas territories 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

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

(ii) would have automatically become a British Dependent Territories citizen at commencement by the operation of section 23, and

(iii) would have automatically become a British overseas territories citizen by the operation of section 2 of the British Overseas Territories Act 2002.

(2) 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.

(3)