45 Descent through the female line
Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Act 2009 (2009 c 11) | Legislation

45  Descent through the female line

(1)     Section 4C of the British Nationality Act 1981 (the title to which becomes “Acquisition by registration: certain persons born before 1983”) is amended as follows.

(2)     In subsection (2), omit “after 7th February 1961 and”.

(3)     For subsection (3) substitute—

“(3)     The second condition is that the applicant would at some time before 1st January 1983 have become a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies—

(a)     under section 5 of, or paragraph 3 of Schedule 3 to, the 1948 Act if assumption A had applied,

(b)     under section 12(3), (4) or (5) of that Act if assumption B had applied and as a result of its application the applicant

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