HC Deb 03 June 1981 vol 5 cc999-1000

Amendment made: No. 24, in page 10, line 35, after `3(2)', insert `or (Right to registration as British citizen by virtue of father's citizenship etc.)'.

No. 25, in page 10, line 36, after `(b)', insert 'subject to subsection (1A),'.

No. 26, in page 11, leave out lines 4 to 14 and insert— `(iii) had the right of abode in the United Kingdom by virtue only of paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section 2 of Immigration Act 1971 as then in force (connection with United Kingdom through parent or grandparent), or by virtue only of that paragraph and paragraph (c) of that subsection (settlement in United Kingdom with five years' ordinary residence there), or by virtue only of being or having been the wife of a person who immediately before commencement had that right by virtue only of the said paragraph (b) or the said paragraphs (b) and (c); or (iv) being a women, was a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies as a result of her registration as such a citizen under section 6(2) of the 1948 Act by virtue of having been married to a man who at commencement became a British citizen by descent or would have done so but for his having died or ceased to be a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies as a result of a declaration of renunciation; or

  1. (c) subject to subsection (1A), being a woman born outside the United Kingdom before commencement, she is a British citizen as a result of her registration as such a citizen under section 7 by virtue of being or having been married to a man who at commencement became a British citizen by descent or would have done so but for his having died or ceased to be a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies as a result of a declaration of renunciation; or
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  2. (d) he is a British citizen by virtue of registration under section 8 who, having before commencement ceased to be a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies as a result of a declaration of renunciation, would, if he had not so ceased, have at commencement become a British citizen by descent by virtue of paragraph (b)(i) or (ii); or
  3. (e) he is a British citizen by virtue of registration under section 11 who immediately before he ceased to be a British citizen as a result of a declaration of renunciation, was such a citizen by descent; or
  4. (f) he is a person born in a dependent territory after commencement who is a British citizen by virtue or paragraph 2 of Schedule 2.
(1A) A person born outside the United Kingdom before commencement is not a British citizen "by decent" if his father was at the time of his birth serving outside the United Kingdom in service of a description mentioned in subsection (2), his recruitment for the service in question having taken place in the United Kingdom.'.

No. 27, in page 11, line 15, leave out '(1)(b)', and insert '(1A)'. —[Mr. Raison].

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