British Citizenship (Designated Service) Order 1982
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1982/1004 |
| Year | 1982 |
1982 No. 1004
BRITISH NATIONALITY
The British Citizenship (Designated Service) Order 198221stJuly 1982
28thJuly 1982
1stJanuary 1983
Whereas I consider the descriptions of service specified in this Order to be closely associated with the activities outside the United Kingdom of Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom:
Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred upon me by section 2(3) of the British Nationality Act 1981 (a), I hereby make the following Order:—
1. This Order may be cited as the British Citizenship (Designated Service) Order 1982 and shall come into operation on 1st January 1983.
2. The descriptions of service specified in the Schedule to this Order are hereby designated for the purposes of section 2 of the British Nationality Act 1981 (which relates to acquisition of British citizenship by persons born outside the United Kingdom).
W. S. I. Whitelaw, One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State.
Home Office.
21st July 1982.
(a) 1981 c.61.
Article 2
SCHEDULE
SERVICE DESIGNATED FOR PURPOSES OF SECTION 2 OF BRITISH NATIONALITY ACT
1981
1. Service as—
(a) an officer administering the government of a territory for whose external relations the United Kingdom is responsible; or
(b) an official in the government of such a territory; or
(c) a judge or magistrate of such a territory.
2. Service in pursuance of an appointment outside the United Kingdom in respect of which the person concerned is on secondment from Crown service under the government of the United Kingdom. For this purpose, a person is on secondment from Crown service under the government of the United Kingdom if, having been serving in such Crown service, he is for the time being in temporary service under arrangements whereby he is to return to such Crown service when that temporary service ends.
3. Service in respect of which the person concerned—
(a) is, under section 209(2) of the Army Act 1955 (a), subject to Part II of that Act by virtue of paragraph 2, 3 or 4 of Schedule 5 to that Act (civilians outside the United Kingdom subject to Part II when not on active service)(b); or
(b) is, under section 209(2) of the Air Force Act 1955 (c), subject to Part II of that Act by virtue of paragraph 2, 3 or 4 of Schedule 5 to that Act (civilians outside the United Kingdom subject to Part II when not on active service)(d); or
(c) is, under section 118(2) of the Naval Discipline Act 1957 (e), subject to that Act by virtue of paragraph 2, 3 or 4 of...
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