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Paragraph 10 British Nationality Act 1981

Original text. Later amendments are not shown.

In section 1 of the British Nationality Act 1981f1 (acquisition by birth or adoption)—

(a)

the reference to an order authorising the adoption of a minor who is not a British citizen in subsection (5)(a) is to be read as including a reference to a parental order made under section 54 or section 54A of the 2008 Act in respect of a minor; and

(b)

the reference to the adopter is to be read as including a reference to the person who obtained the parental order under section 54A of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 and the reference, in relation to the case of a joint adoption, to one of the adopters as including a reference to one of the persons who obtained the parental order under section 54 of the 2008 Act.

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f1

1981 c. 61. Section 1 has been amended, but no amendments are relevant.