Section 2 Supplementary.

(1)

A person who is registered as a British citizen under subsection (1) of section 1 above, and satisfies the requirements of subsection (2) of that section, shall be treated for the purposes of the principal Act as—

(a)

a British citizen by descent; or

(b)

a British citizen otherwise than by descent,

according as, immediately before becoming a British citizen, he was for the purposes of that Act a British Dependent Territories citizen by descent or a British Dependent Territories citizen otherwise than by descent.

(2)

A person who is registered as a British citizen under subsection (1) of section 1 above, and satisfies the requirements of subsection (3) of that section, shall be treated for the purposes of the principal Act as a British citizen by descent.

(3)

The following provisions of the principal Act shall have effect as if this Act were included in that Act, namely—

section 37 (Commonwealth citizenship);
F1...
section 41 (regulations);
F2section 42 (registration and naturalisation: citizenship ceremony, oath and pledge);
F3section 42A (registration and naturalisation: fee);
section 42B (registration and naturalisation: timing);
section 45 (evidence);
section 46 (offences);
section 47 (legitimated children);
section 48 (posthumous children);
section 50 (interpretation);
section 51(3) (meaning of “citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies” in other Acts and instruments).

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in s. 2(3) omitted (4.4.2003) by virtue of Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (Consequential and Incidental Provisions) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/1016), art. 2(2), Sch. para. 9(a)
F2: Words in s. 2(3) substituted (1.1.2004) by Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (Consequential and Incidental Provisions) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/1016), art. 2(1), Sch. para. 9(b)
F3: Words in s. 2(3) inserted (1.1.2004) by Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (Consequential and Incidental Provisions) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/1016), art. 2(1), Sch. para. 9(c)