# British Nationality Act 1981, Paragraph 3


(1) This paragraph applies to a person born less than a year before commencement if—
(a) the birth occurred in a place in a foreign country (within the meaning of the 1948 Act); and
(b) at the time of the birth his father was a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies by descent only; and
(c) the birth was not registered at a United Kingdom consulate before commencement.
(2) If the birth of a person to whom this paragraph applies is registered at a United Kingdom consulate within one year of its occurrence, he shall be deemed for the purposes of this Act to have been, immediately before commencement, a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies by virtue of section 5 of the 1948 Act (citizenship by descent).
(3) References in this paragraph to the 1948 Act are references to that Act as in force at the time of the birth in question.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1981/61/schedule/8/paragraph/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/british-nationality-act-1981/schedule-8/paragraph-3
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