Part 1: Nationality Chapter 1: British Overseas Territories citizenship British Citizenship Section 6: Disapplication of historical registration requirements
Overview: This section amends sections 4C and 4I of the British Nationality Act 1981 ("the 1981 Act"), so that the requirement for a person’s birth to have been registered within 12 months at a British consulate is to be ignored when assessing whether they would have become a citizen of the UK and Colonies under the British Nationality Act 1948 ("the 1948 Act"), had women and unmarried fathers been able to pass on citizenship at the time of their birth.
	Background: Under the 1948 Act, citizenship could normally only be passed on for one generation to children born outside of the UK and Colonies. However, paragraph 5(1)(b) of the 1948 Act permitted it to be passed on to a further generation if the child was born in a foreign country and their birth was registered within a year at a British consulate. The child of a British mother or unmarried British father could not be registered, because they were unable to pass on citizenship at that time. This section amends the 1981 Act, so that applications under section 4C (British mothers) and section 4I (unmarried fathers) will not be refused solely because the requirement to register the birth within a year has not been met. This reflects the decision in the case of the Advocate General for Scotland v Romein.
	Subsection 1 amends section 4C of the 1981 Act so that the requirement in paragraph 5(1)(b) of the 1948 Act, to register a person’s birth at a United Kingdom consulate, does not apply.
	Subsection 2 amends section 4I so that the requirement in paragraph 5(1)(b) of the 1948 Act, that a person’s birth is registered at a United Kingdom consulate, does not apply.