1 Historical inability of mothers to transmit citizenship
Nationality and Borders Act 2022 (2022 c 36) | Legislation

Part 1 Nationality

British overseas territories citizenship

1  Historical inability of mothers to transmit citizenship

(1)     Part 2 of the British Nationality Act 1981 (British overseas territories citizenship) is amended as follows.

(2)     After section 17, insert—

“17A Registration: remedying inability of mothers to transmit citizenship

(1)     On an application for registration under this section, a person (“P”) is entitled to be registered as a British overseas territories citizen if the following three conditions are met.

(2)     The first condition is that—

(a)     P would have become a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies under any of the following provisions of the British Nationality Act 1948—

(i)     section 5 (person born on or after 1 January 1949: citizenship by descent);

(ii)     section 12(2) (person born before 1 January 1949: citizenship by descent);

(iii)

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