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British Overseas Territories Act 2002 s 3

British Overseas Territories Act 2002 s 3

s 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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