25 Meaning of [British overseas territories citizen] “by descent”
British Nationality Act 1981 (1981 c 61) | Legislation

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25  Meaning of [British overseas territories citizen] “by descent”

(1)     For the purposes of this Act a [British overseas territories citizen] is such a citizen “by descent” if and only if—

(a)     he is a person born outside the [British overseas territories] after commencement who is a [British overseas territories citizen] by virtue by section 16(1)(a) only or by virtue of registration under section 17(2) or 21; or

(b)     subject to subsection (2), he is a person born outside the [British overseas territories] before commencement who became a [British overseas territories citizen] at commencement and immediately before commencement—

(i)     was a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies by virtue of section 5 of the 1948 Act (citizenship by descent); or

(ii)     was a person who, under any provision of the British Nationality Acts 1948 to 1965, was deemed for the purposes of the proviso to section 5(1) of the 1948 Act to be a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies by descent only, or would have

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