New Clause 1
Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Bill [Lords]
9:00 am
Anne Begg (Aberdeen South, Labour)
With this it will be convenient to discuss the following:
New clause 6—Stateless children of British nationals—
‘(1) Schedule 2 to the British Nationality Act 1981 (c. 61) (amendments to Immigration Act 1971) is amended as follows.
(2) In paragraph 4, omit sub-paragraph (1)(c).
(3) In paragraph 4, for sub-paragraphs (2)(a) and (2)(b) substitute “shall be registered under it as a—
(a) British citizen, or
(b) in the case of a child whose mother or father is, or would have been but for their death, a British overseas territories citizen, as a British overseas territories citizen.”.
(4) In sub-paragraph (4) of paragraph 4, for “sub-paragraphs (1) to (3)” substitute “sub-paragraph (1)”.
(5) In sub-paragraph (4) of paragraph 4, after “British Overseas Citizen”, insert “British National Overseas”.’.
New clause 7—Legitimacy—
‘(1) The British Nationality Act 1981 (c. 61) is amended as follows.
(2) After section 4C insert—
“4D Acquisition by registration: legitimacy
(1) A person is entitled to be registered as a British citizen if—
(a) he applies for registration under this section; and
(b) he satisfies each of the following conditions.
(2) The first condition is that the person was born before 1 July 2006.
(3) The second condition is that the person is not already a British citizen.
(4) The third condition is that the father of the child satisfies any requirements as to proof of paternity prescribed under section 50(9B) of this Act.
(5) The fourth condition is that the person would have been a British citizen had his father been married to his mother at the time of his birth.”’.