British Nationality Act 1981
c. 6117
Part II
(3) The requirements referred to in subsection (2) are—
- (a) that the parent in question was a British Dependent Territories citizen by descent at the time of the birth; and
- (b) that the father or mother of the parent in question—
- (i) was a British Dependent Territories citizen otherwise than by descent at the time of the birth of the parent in question; or
- (ii) became a British Dependent Territories citizen otherwise than by descent at commencement, or would have become such a citizen otherwise than by descent at commencement but for his or her death; and
- (c) that, as regards some period of three years ending with a date not later than the date of the birth—
- (i) the parent in question was in a dependent territory at the beginning of that period; and
- (ii) the number of days on which the parent in question was absent from that territory in that period does not exceed 270.
(4) If in the special circumstances of any particular case the Secretary of State thinks fit, he may treat subsection (2) as if the reference to twelve months were a reference to six years.
(5) A person born outside the dependent territories shall be entitled, an on application for his registration as a British Dependent Territories citizen made while he is a minor, to be registered as such a citizen if the following requirements are satisfied, namely—
- (a) that at the time of that person’s birth his father or mother was a British Dependent Territories citizen by descent; and
- (b) subject to subsection (6), that that person and his father and mother were in one and the same dependent territory (no matter which) at the beginning of the period of three years ending with the date of the application and that, in the case of each of them, the number of days on which the person in question was absent from the last-mentioned territory in that period does not exceed 270; and
- (c) subject to subsection (6), that the consent of his father and mother to the registration has been signified in the prescribed manner.
