• “(2) Terms or expressions used and not defined in these regulations but defined in the Act have, in these regulations, the same meanings as they have in the Act.”

• “(ix) an officer of the Armed Forces who holds a rank not below that of lieutenant-commander in the Navy, major in the Army, or squadron leader in the Air Force, in the case of a person who is a member of the regular forces, reserve forces, or territorial forces (as those terms are defined in section 2(1) of the Defence Act 1990):”.

“13A Register of persons whose citizenship status confirmed under Act or obtained under other Act

• “(1) There must be set up and maintained within the Department—

  • “(a) a register of persons whose citizenship status (whether or not as a citizen) has been confirmed by a certificate issued under section 21 of the Act; and

  • “(b) 1 or more registers of persons whose citizenship status (whether or not as a citizen) was obtained under the British Nationality and New Zealand Citizenship Act 1948; and

  • “(c) a register of persons to whom section 4(3) of the Citizenship (Western Samoa) Act 1982 applies.

  “(2) The purpose of the registers is, respectively,—

  • “(a) to provide a record of persons whose citizenship status has been confirmed under section 21 of the Act:

  • “(b) to provide a record of persons whose citizenship status was obtained under the British Nationality and New Zealand Citizenship Act 1948:

  • “(c) to provide a record of persons to whom section 4(3) of the Citizenship (Western Samoa) Act 1982 applies.

  “(3) Nothing in subclause (1)(b) requires the Department to keep a record of a person whose citizenship status was obtained under the British Nationality and Citizenship Act 1948 by birth or descent.”