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The British Citizenship (Designated Service) (Amendment) Order 2007

S.I. 2007/744 · Made 8 March 2007

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BRITISH NATIONALITY

Made 8th March 2007

Laid before Parliament 9th March 2007

Coming into force 1st April 2007

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the power conferred by section 2(3) of the British Nationality Act 1981f1, makes the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1981 c. 61; section 2(3) was amended by Schedule 1 of the British Overseas Territories Act 2002 (c. 14).

Contents

  1. 1Article 1
  2. 2Article 2
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1

This Order may be cited as the British Citizenship (Designated Service) (Amendment) Order 2007 and shall come into force on 1st April 2007.

2

Schedule 2 to the British Citizenship (Designated Service) Order 2006f1 (which specifies descriptions of service designated for the purposes of section 2 of the British Nationality Act 1981) is amended by substituting the following paragraph for paragraphs 12 and 13—

“12.

Service under the Science and Technology Facilities Council.”.

Signature

Liam Byrne

Minister of State

Home Office

8th March 2007

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

Section 2 of the British Nationality Act 1981 provides that a person born outside the United Kingdom and the qualifying territories after commencement of that Act will be a British citizen in certain circumstances, including where at the time of the birth his father or mother is a British citizen and is serving outside the United Kingdom and the qualifying territories in service designated by the Secretary of State, recruitment for that service having taken place in the United Kingdom or a qualifying territory. Various types of service are designated for the purposes of this provision by the British Citizenship (Designated Service) Order 2006.

This Order amends that Order so as to remove from the types of service so designated, service under the Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council and the Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research Councils and to replace them with service under the successor organisation, the Science and Technology Facilities Council, which is to be established as a Research Council under the Science and Technology Act 1965 with effect from 1 April 2007.