65 Persons unable to acquire citizenship: natural father not married to mother
Immigration Act 2014 (2014 c 22) | Legislation

Part 6 Miscellaneous

Citizenship

65  Persons unable to acquire citizenship: natural father not married to mother

After section 4D of the British Nationality Act 1981 insert—

“4E The general conditions

For the purposes of sections 4F to 4I, a person (“P”) meets the general conditions if—

(a)     P was born before 1 July 2006;

(b)     at the time of P's birth, P's mother—

(i)     was not married, or

(ii)     was married to a person other than P's natural father;

(c)     no person is treated as the father of P under section 28 of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990; and

(d)     P has never been a British citizen.

4F Person unable to be registered under other provisions of this Act

(1)     A person (“P”) is entitled to be registered as a British citizen on an application made under this section if—

(a)     P meets the general conditions; and

(b)     P would be entitled to be registered as a British citizen under—

(i)     section 1(3),

(ii)     section 3(2),

(iii)     section 3(5),

(iv)     paragraph 4 of Schedule 2, or

(v)     paragraph 5 of Schedule 2,

had P's mother been married to P's natural father at the

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