2 Historical inability of unmarried fathers to transmit citizenship
Nationality and Borders Act 2022 (2022 c 36) | Legislation

2  Historical inability of unmarried fathers to transmit citizenship

(1)     Part 2 of the British Nationality Act 1981 (British overseas territories citizenship) is amended as follows.

(2)     After section 17A (as inserted by section 1), insert—

“17B Registration: unmarried fathers; the general conditions

For the purposes of sections 17C to 17F, a person (“P”) meets the general conditions if—

(a)     at the time of P's birth, P's mother—

(i)     was not married, or

(ii)     was married to a person other than P's natural father;

(b)     no person is treated as the father of P under—

(i)     section 28 of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990, or

(ii)     section 35 or 36 of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008;

(c)     no person is treated as a parent of P under section 42 or 43 of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008; and

(d)     P has never been a British overseas territories citizen or a British Dependent Territories citizen.

17C Person unable to be registered under other provisions of this Act

(1)     A person (“P”) is entitled to be registered as a British overseas territories citizen on an application made under this section if—

(a)     P meets the general

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