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 * (b) that man became a British Overseas citizen at commencement or would have done so but for his death.

(3) On an application for her registration as a British Overseas citizen made within five years after commencement by a woman who at the time of the application is married, the Secretary of State may, if he thinks fit, cause her to be registered as such a citizen if—
 * (a) immediately before commencement she would (if she had applied for it) have been entitled under section 6(2) of the 1948 Act to be registered as a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies by virtue of her being or having been married to the man who is her husband on the date of the application under this subsection; and
 * (b) that man either—
 * (i) became a British Overseas citizen at commencement but has ceased to be such a citizen as a result of a declaration of renunciation; or
 * (ii) would have become a British Overseas citizen at commencement but for his having ceased to be a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies as a result of a declaration of renunciation.

29. The provisions of section 12 shall apply in relation to British Overseas citizens and British Overseas citizenship as they apply in relation to British citizens and British citizenship.

30. A person who immediately before commencement was—
 * (a) a British subject without citizenship by virtue of section 13 or 16 of the 1948 Act; or
 * (b) a British subject by virtue of section 1 of the British Nationality Act 1965 (registration of alien women who have been married to British subjects of certain descriptions),

shall as from commencement be a British subject by virtue of this section. A10