STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS
1964 No. 1391
BRITISH NATIONALITY
The British Nationality (No. 2) Regulations 1964
| Made | 31st August 1964 |
| Coming into Force | 16th September 1964 |
In pursuance of the power conferred upon me by section 29( 1) of the British Nationality Act 1948(a)[1], as extended by section 6 (2) of the British Nationality (No.2) Act 1964(b)[2], I hereby make with the consent, so far as Regulations 2 and 3 are concerned, of the Treasury the following Regulations:
1.—(1) An application for registration as a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies made under section 1 of the British Nationality (No. 2) Act 1964 shall be made in writing, and shall include the following, that is to say:
(a) in the case of any application , sufficient information to satisfy the authority to whom the application is made that the person in respect of whom it is made is and always has been stateless and is qualified for registration under the said section 1;
(b) in the case of an application made in respect of a minor by his parent or guardian, a statement whether the applicant is a parent or guardian of the minor and, if he is a guardian , how he became a guardian.
(2) An application made in accordance with paragraph (1) of this Regulation shall be made
(a) if the applicant is resident in any of the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man, a colony, a protectorate or a protected state to which the provisions of section 8 of the Act of 1948 relating to protectorates are extended by Order in Council made under section 30 thereof, to the Governor;
(b) if the applicant is resident in a country mentioned in section 1 (3) of the Act of 1948 in which there is a High Commissioner for Her Majesty's government in the United Kingdom, to the High Commissioner in that country;
(c) in any other case, to the Secretary of State at the Home Office in London.
(3) The registration of a person as a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies in pursuance of an application made in accordance with paragraph (1) of this Regulation shall be effected at such place as the authority to whom the application is made may direct.
