# British Nationality Act 1981, Section 17B: Registration: unmarried fathers; the general conditions


For the purposes of sections 17C to 17F, a person (“P”) meets the general conditions if—
(a) at the time of P’s birth, P’s mother—
(i) was not married, or
(ii) was married to a person other than P’s natural father;
(b) no person is treated as the father of P under—
(i) section 28 of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990, or
(ii) section 35 or 36 of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008;
(c) no person is treated as a parent of P under section 42 or 43 of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008; and
(d) P has never been a British overseas territories citizen or a British Dependent Territories citizen.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1981/61/section/17B (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/british-nationality-act-1981/section-17B
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