HL Deb 29 October 1981 vol 424 cc1139-40

101 Clause 16, page 16, line 22, leave out subsections (2) to (5) and insert— (2) A person born outside the dependent territories shall be entitled, on an application for his registration as a citizen of the British Dependent Territories made within the period of twelve months from the date of the birth, to be registered as such a citizen if the requirements specified in subsection (3) or, in the case of a person born stateless, the requirements specified in paragraphs (a) and (b) of that subsection, are fulfilled in the case of either that person's father or his mother ("the parent in question").

(3) The requirements referred to in subsection (2) are—

  1. (a) that the parent in question was a citizen of the British Dependent Territories by descent at the time of the birth; and
  2. (b) that the father or mother of the parent in question—
    1. (i) was a citizen of the British Dependent Territories otherwise than by descent at the time of the birth of the parent in question; or
    2. (ii) became a citizen of the British Dependent Territories 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
  3. (c) that, as regards some period of three years ending with a date not later than the date of the birth—
    1. (i) the parent in question was in a dependent territory at the beginning of that period: and
    2. (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.".

The Commons agreed to the above amendment with the following amendments:

102 Line 4, leave out ("citizen of the British Dependent Territories") and insert ("British Dependent Territories' citizen").

103 Line 12, leave out ("citizen of the British Dependent Territories") and insert ("British Dependent Territories' citizen").

104 Line 16, leave out ("citizen of the British Dependent Territories") and insert ("British Dependent Territories' citizen").

105 Line 19, leave out ("citizen of the British Dependent Territories") and insert ("British Dependent Territories' citizen").

Lord Belstead

My Lords, I beg to move that this House doth agree with the Commons in their amendments to your Lordships' Amendment No. 37. These are also consequential on Amendment No. 14. I beg to move.

Moved, That this House doth agree with the Commons in the said amendments.—(LordBelstead.)

On Question, Motion agreed to.