Section 12 — Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002: British citizenship: registration of certain persons without other citizenship

British citizenship: registration of certain persons without other citizenship 12 1 The following shall be inserted after section 4A of the British Nationality Act 1981 (c. 61) (registration as British citizen)— Acquisition by registration: certain persons without other citizenship 4B 1 This section applies to a person who has the status of—

a British Overseas citizen, b British subject under this Act, or c British protected person.

2 A person to whom this section applies shall be entitled to be registered as a British citizen if—

a he applies for registration under this section, b the Secretary of State is satisfied that the person does not have, apart from the status mentioned in subsection (1), any citizenship or nationality, and c the Secretary of State is satisfied that the person has not after 4th July 2002 renounced, voluntarily relinquished or lost through action or inaction any citizenship or nationality.

2 In section 14(1) of that Act (meaning of British citizen “by descent”), in paragraph (d) for “section 5” there shall be substituted “ section 4B or 5 ” .