SCHEDULE 2 Provisions for Reducing Statelessness
British Nationality Act 1981 (1981 c 61) | Legislation

SCHEDULE 2 Provisions for Reducing Statelessness

Section 36

Persons born in the United Kingdom after commencement

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(1)     Where a person born in the United Kingdom after commencement would, but for this paragraph, be born stateless, then, subject to sub-paragraph (3)—

(a)     if at the time of the birth his father or mother is a citizen or subject of a description mentioned in sub-paragraph (2), he shall be a citizen or subject of that description; and accordingly

(b)     if . . . at the time of the birth each of his parents is a citizen or subject of a different description so mentioned, he shall be a citizen or subject of the same description so mentioned as each of them is respectively at that time.

(2)     The descriptions referred to in sub-paragraph (1) are a [British overseas territories citizen], a British Overseas citizen and a British subject under this Act.

(3)     A person shall not be a British subject by virtue of this paragraph if by virtue of it he is a citizen of a description mentioned in sub-paragraph (2).

Persons born in a [British overseas territory] after commencement

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(1)     Where a person born in a [British overseas territory]

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