# British Nationality Act 1981, Section 30: Continuance as British subjects of existing British subjects of certain descriptions.


A person who immediately before commencement was—
(a) a British subject without citizenship by virtue of section 13 or 16 of the 1948 Act; or
(b) a British subject by virtue of section 1 of the British Nationality Act 1965 (registration of alien women who have been married to British subjects of certain descriptions),
shall as from commencement be a British subject by virtue of this section.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1981/61/section/30 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/british-nationality-act-1981/section-30
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