HC Deb 15 May 1939 vol 347 cc1153-4

Amendments made:

In page 17, line 13, leave out from "navy," to the end of line 14, and insert: the regular forces and the regular air force and includes any similar regular naval, military, or air forces raised in any part of His Majesty's dominions; and the expressions 'regular forces' and 'regular air force' have the meanings assigned to them by the Army Act and the Air Force Act, respectively; 'His Majesty's reserve and auxiliary forces' means His Majesty's reserve and auxiliary forces raised in the United Kingdom.

In line 22, at the end, add: (2) For the purposes of this Act—

  1. (a) a person residing in Great Britain who is, under the provisions of any Act in force in any part of His Majesty's dominions outside Great Britain a national or citizen of that part within the meaning of that Act, or who is a person born or domiciled in any such part of His Majesty's dominions or in a British protectorate, a mandated territory, or any other country or territory, being a country or territory under His Majesty's protection or suzerainty, shall be deemed to be ordinarily resident in that part, protec- 1154 torate, country, or territory, as the case may be, if he has been resident in Great Britain for less than two years or is residing there only for the purpose of attending a course of education or the circumstances of his residence in Great Britain are otherwise such as to show that he is residing there for a temporary purpose only; and
  2. (b) a person residing in Great Britain, not being such a person as is mentioned in the foregoing paragraph of this Sub-section, shall be deemed to be ordinarily resident in Great Britain unless he proves that he is residing there only for the purpose of attending a course of education or that the circumstances of his residence in Great Britain are otherwise such as to show that he is residing there for a temporary purpose only;
  3. (c) a person residing outside Great Britain (not being a person to whom paragraph (a) of this Subjection would have applied if he had been residing in Great Britain) shall be deemed to be ordinarily resident in Great Britain unless he proves that he has been resident outside Great Britain for a continuous period of not less than two years or that he is not residing outside Great Britain for a temporary purpose only."—[Mr. W. S. Morrison.]

Clause, as amended, ordered to stand part of the Bill.