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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-identity-cards-act-2006-application-and-issue-of-id-card-and-notification-of-changes-regulations-2009/schedule-1/paragraph-18",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2009/9780111480427",
  "legislation_title": "The Identity Cards Act 2006 (Application and Issue of ID Card and Notification of Changes) Regulations 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-identity-cards-act-2006-application-and-issue-of-id-card-and-notification-of-changes-regulations-2009",
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  "number": "18",
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  "text": "(1) In the case of an applicant—\n(a) who claims to be a British citizen, but not a citizen of a British Overseas Territory;\n(b) who does not currently hold a valid United Kingdom passport describing the applicant as a British citizen;\n(c) who was not born or adopted in the United Kingdom;\n(d) who was born before 1st January 1983; and\n(e) whose father was a British citizen at the time of the applicant’s birth,\nthe applicant’s passport on which the applicant first entered the United Kingdom and either:\n(i) the applicant’s birth certificate in a form which contains details of the parents, if issued by a British consulate or High Commission, or\n(ii) the other documents specified in sub-paragraph (2).\n(2) The other documents specified for the purposes of sub-paragraph (1) are –\n(a) the applicant’s birth certificate not being a certificate issued by a British consulate or High Commission, in a form which contains details of the parents of the applicant, in so far as they are included on the relevant register;\n(b) the applicant’s father’s birth certificate or their certificate of registration or naturalisation; and\n(c) the applicant’s parents’ marriage certificate .",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2009/9780111480427/schedule/1/paragraph/18",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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