HC Deb 03 June 1981 vol 5 c999
999
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Amendments made: No. 19, in page 8, line 2, leave out `two' and insert 'five'.
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No. 20, in page 8, line 13, at end insert—
'(3) On an application for her registration as a British citizen made within five years after commencement by a woman who at the time of the application is married, the Secretary of State may, if he thinks fit, cause her to be registered as such a citizen if—
- (a) immediately before commencement she would (if she had applied for it) have been entitled under section 6(2) of the 1948 act to be registered as a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies by virtue of her being or having been married to the man who is her husband on the date of the application under this subsection; and
- (b) that man either—
- (i) became a British citizen at commencement but has ceased to be such a citizen as a result of a declaration of renunciation; or
- (ii) would have become a British citizen at commencement but for his having ceased to be a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies as a result of a declaration of renunciation.'. —[Mr. Raison.]