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Citizenship (Armed Forces) Bill

Proceeding contribution from Mark Harper (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Friday, 13 September 2013. It occurred during Debate on bills on Citizenship (Armed Forces) Bill.

My hon. Friend is spot on.

I have now been inspired so let me answer my hon. Friend’s question about the territorial extent of the Bill. Because the Bill amends the British Nationality Act, we were keen to make the territorial extent the same. Because the BNA has provisions dealing with British overseas citizenship, it extends to the British overseas territories. If the extent of the amending Act were different, that could cause confusion and doubt in a case in which the overseas territories were involved. The amending Act therefore needs to have the same territorial extent as the Act that we are amending.

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Reference

567 c1324 

Session

2013-14

Chamber / Committee

House of Commons chamber
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