# The British Nationality (General) Regulations 2003, Paragraph 11

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

An application under section 4C of the Act shall contain information showing—
(a) that the applicant was born before 1st January 1983;
(b) that the applicant would at some time before 1st January 1983 have become a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies—
(i) under section 5 or 12(2) of, or paragraph 3 of Schedule 3 to, the British Nationality Act 1948 if (as the case may be) that section or paragraph provided for citizenship by descent from a mother in the same terms as it provided for citizenship by descent from a father and if references in that provision to a father were references to the applicant’s mother; or
(ii) under section 12(2), (3), (4) or (5) of the British Nationality Act 1948 if a provision of the law at some time before 1st January 1949, which provided for a nationality status to be acquired by descent from a father, provided in the same terms for its acquisition by descent from a mother and if references in that provision to a father were references to the applicant’s mother; and
(c) that immediately before 1st January 1983 the applicant would have had the right of abode in the United Kingdom by virtue of section 2 of the Immigration Act 1971 had he become a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies as described in either sub-paragraph (b)(i) or (ii) above; ...
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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/548/schedule/2/paragraph/11 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/british-nationality-general-regulations-2003/schedule-2/paragraph-11
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