1 Acquisition by birth or adoption
British Nationality Act 1981 (1981 c 61) | Legislation

Part I British Citizenship

Acquisition after commencement

1  Acquisition by birth or adoption

(1)     A person born in the United Kingdom after commencement[, or in a qualifying territory on or after the appointed day,] shall be a British citizen if at the time of the birth his father or mother is—

(a)     a British citizen; or

(b)     settled in the United Kingdom [or that territory].

[(1A)     A person born in the United Kingdom or a qualifying territory on or after the relevant day shall be a British citizen if at the time of the birth his father or mother is a member of the armed forces.]

(2)     A new-born infant who, after commencement, is found abandoned in the United Kingdom[, or on or after the appointed day is found abandoned in a qualifying territory,] shall, unless the contrary is shown, be deemed for the purposes of subsection (1)—

(a)     to have been born in the United Kingdom after commencement [or in that territory on or after the appointed day]; and

(b)     to have been born to a parent who at the time of

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