{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/anguilla-constitution-order-1982/article-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/anguilla-constitution-order-1982/article-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1982/334",
  "legislation_title": "The Anguilla Constitution Order 1982",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/anguilla-constitution-order-1982",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Citizenship",
  "text": "(1) Until the commencement of the British Nationality Act 1981—\n(a) a person shall be regarded as belonging to Anguilla for the purposes of Chapter I of the Constitution if he would have been so regarded for the purposes of Chapter I of the former Constitution;\n(b) section 43(1)(a) of the Constitution shall have effect as if it referred to citizens of the United Kingdom and colonies.\n(2) If a Commonwealth citizen has been ordinarily resident in Anguilla for not less than seven years before the commencement of the British Nationality Act 1981, he shall be treated for the purposes of section 18(5)(b) of the Constitution as if he had been ordinarily resident in Anguilla for not less than fifteen years before such commencement.\n(3) If a person who was born in St. Christopher or in Nevis before 19th December 1980 is ordinarily resident in Anguilla, having been so resident since that date, he shall be treated for the purposes of section 18(5) of the Constitution as if he had been born in Anguilla.\n(4) In the case of persons who, while resident in St. Christopher or in Nevis, were registered as citizens of the United Kingdom and Colonies before 19th December 1980 or naturalised as such before that date or naturalized as British subjects before 1st January 1949—\n(a) any such person shall be regarded as having been so registered or naturalized while resident in Anguilla for the purposes of subjection 5 (a)(v) of section 18 of this Constitution; and\n(b) any such person who is ordinarily resident in Anguilla, having been so resident since 19th December 1980, shall be regarded likewise for the purposes of subsection 5 (a)(vi) of that section.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1982/334/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T18:24:20.342325+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}