SCHEDULE 8 Transitional Provisions
British Nationality Act 1981 (1981 c 61) | Legislation

SCHEDULE 8 Transitional Provisions

Section 52(7)

Applications for naturalisation or registration pending at commencement

1

(1)     This paragraph applies to any application—

(a)     for registration under any provision of the British Nationality Acts 1948 to 1965 as a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies or as a British subject; or

(b)     for a certificate of naturalisation under section 10 of the 1948 Act,

which is received before commencement by a person authorised to receive it on behalf of the person to whom it is made but which at commencement has not been determined.

(2)     In relation to any application to which this paragraph applies—

(a)     the British Nationality Acts 1948 to 1965 and all regulations and arrangements in force under them immediately before commencement shall (so far as applicable) continue to apply; and

(b)     this Act shall not apply;

but on the granting of such an application and the taking under those Acts of such other steps as are necessary for the person in question to become—

(i)     a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies by virtue of any provision of those Acts; or

(ii)     a British subject by virtue of registration under any provision

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