[17I Acquisition by registration: special circumstances]
British Nationality Act 1981 (1981 c 61) | Legislation

[17I  Acquisition by registration: special circumstances]

[(1)     If an application is made for a person of full age and capacity (“P”) to be registered as a British overseas territories citizen, the Secretary of State may cause P to be registered as such a citizen if, in the Secretary of State's opinion, P would have been, or would have been able to become, a British overseas

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