Citizenship Regulations 2002

Registers

11 Register of citizenship by descent

(1)

There must be set up and maintained within the Department a register of citizenship by descent.

(2)

The purpose of the register is to provide a record of persons who have registered their citizenship by descent status.

(3)

A person who wishes to have his or her birth, or the birth of any other person, registered for the purposes of section 7(2) of the Act may apply to the Secretary on the form provided by the Secretary.

(3A)

The application may be lodged with any office of the Department, or with any New Zealand representative, and must be accompanied by the prescribed fee (if any).

(3B)

On being satisfied of the relevant person’s entitlement to be registered for the purposes of section 7(2) of the Act, the Secretary must cause an appropriate entry of the matter to be inserted in the register of citizenship by descent.

(4)

If a person registered as a citizen by descent has renounced or been deprived of citizenship, the Secretary must cause an appropriate entry of the matter to be inserted in the register.

(5)

The Secretary may remove the name of a person from the register if satisfied that the person’s name was registered as a result of—

(a)

fraud; or

(b)

false representation; or

(c)

wilful concealment of relevant information; or

(d)

administrative error.

Regulation 11(1): substituted, on 16 November 2006, by regulation 4 of the Citizenship Amendment Regulations 2006 (SR 2006/324).

Regulation 11(2): substituted, on 16 November 2006, by regulation 4 of the Citizenship Amendment Regulations 2006 (SR 2006/324).

Regulation 11(3): substituted, on 16 November 2006, by regulation 4 of the Citizenship Amendment Regulations 2006 (SR 2006/324).

Regulation 11(3A): inserted, on 16 November 2006, by regulation 4 of the Citizenship Amendment Regulations 2006 (SR 2006/324).

Regulation 11(3B): inserted, on 16 November 2006, by regulation 4 of the Citizenship Amendment Regulations 2006 (SR 2006/324).