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British Nationality Act 1981

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10 Registration following renunciation of citizenship of U.K. and Colonies.

(1) Subject to subsection (3), a person shall be entitled, on an application for his registration as a British citizen, to be registered as such a citizen if immediately before commencement he would (had he applied for it) have been entitled under section 1(1) of the British Nationality Act 1964 (resumption of citizenship) to be registered as a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies by virtue of having an appropriate qualifying connection with the United Kingdom or ... by virtue of having been married before commencement to a person who has, or would if living have, such a connection. (2) On an application for his registration as a British citizen made by a person of full capacity who had before commencement ceased to be a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies as a result of a declaration of renunciation, the Secretary of State may, if he thinks fit, cause that person to be registered as a British citizen if that person— (a) has an appropriate qualifying connection with the United Kingdom; or (b) ... has been married to , or has been the civil partner of, a person who has, or would if living have, such a connection. (3) A person shall not be entitled to registration under subsection (1) on more than one occasion. (4) For the purposes of this section a person shall be taken to have an appropriate qualifying connection with the United Kingdom if he, his father or his father’s father— (a) was born in the United Kingdom; or (b) is or was a person naturalised in the United Kingdom; or (c) was registered as a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies in the United Kingdom or in a country which at the time was mentioned in section 1(3) of the 1948 Act. (5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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10 Registration following renunciation of citizenship of U.K. and Colonies.

(1) Subject to subsection (3), a person shall be entitled, on an application for his registration as a British citizen, to be registered as such a citizen if immediately before commencement he would (had he applied for it) have been entitled under section 1(1) of the British Nationality Act 1964 (resumption of citizenship) to be registered as a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies by virtue of having an appropriate qualifying connection with the United Kingdom or ... by virtue of having been married before commencement to a person who has, or would if living have, such a connection. (2) On an application for his registration as a British citizen made by a person of full capacity who had before commencement ceased to be a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies as a result of a declaration of renunciation, the Secretary of State may, if he thinks fit, cause that person to be registered as a British citizen if that person— (a) has an appropriate qualifying connection with the United Kingdom; or (b) ... has been married to , or has been the civil partner of, a person who has, or would if living have, such a connection. (3) A person shall not be entitled to registration under subsection (1) on more than one occasion. (4) For the purposes of this section a person shall be taken to have an appropriate qualifying connection with the United Kingdom if he, his father or his father’s father— (a) was born in the United Kingdom; or (b) is or was a person naturalised in the United Kingdom; or (c) was registered as a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies in the United Kingdom or in a country which at the time was mentioned in section 1(3) of the 1948 Act. (5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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