# British Overseas Territories Act 2002, Section 3: Conferral on British overseas territories citizens


(1) Any person who, immediately before the commencement of this section, is a British overseas territories citizen shall, on the commencement of this section, become a British citizen.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a person who is a British overseas territories citizen by virtue only of a connection with the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia.
(3) A person who is a British citizen by virtue of this section is a British citizen by descent for the purposes of the British Nationality Act 1981 if, and only if—
(a) he was a British overseas territories citizen by descent immediately before the commencement of this section, and
(b) if at that time he was a British citizen as well as a British overseas territories citizen, he was a British citizen by descent.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/8/section/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/british-overseas-territories-act-2002/section-3
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