Commentary on provisions of the Act Section 32: British citizenship
This section provides that ineligible persons will not be able to register or naturalise as a British citizen under the specified provisions.
	Subsection (1) provides that an ineligible person will not be entitled to register as a British citizen under the following sections of the 1981 Act:
	Section 3(2) – registration of a child under 18 where one of the parents is a British citizen "by descent" and lived in the UK for a period of 3 years at any time before the birth.
Section 3(5) - registration of a child under 18 where one of the parents is a British citizen "by descent" and the family have lived in the UK for the period of 3 years prior to the application.
Section 4(2) - registration of British nationals. British nationals who have lived for a period of five years in the UK are able to register if they meet residence and good character requirements.
Section 5 – registration of a British overseas territories citizen with a connection with Gibraltar.
Sections 10(1) and 13(1) - registration routes for "resumption of citizenship" following renunciation.
	Subsection (2) provides that the Home Secretary may not register or naturalise an ineligible person as a British citizen under the following sections of the 1981 Act:
	Section 3(1) – registration of a child under 18 at the Home Secretary’s discretion, provided they are of good character. ( Published  guidance sets out when discretion will normally be exercised.)
Section 4A - registration of a British overseas territories citizen as a British citizen, at the Home Secretary’s discretion.
Section 6 - naturalisation as a British citizen, based on a period of residence in the UK – three years for spouses and civil partners of British citizens, five years for others.
Sections 10(2) and 13(3) - registration routes for "resumption of citizenship" following renunciation, at the Home Secretary’s discretion.