{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/anti-terrorism-crime-and-security-act-2001/section-56",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/anti-terrorism-crime-and-security-act-2001/section-56.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2001/24",
  "legislation_title": "Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/anti-terrorism-crime-and-security-act-2001",
  "path": "section/56",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "56",
  "heading": "Interpretation of Part 6",
  "text": "(1) In this Part “United Kingdom person” means a United Kingdom national, a Scottish partnership or a body incorporated under the law of a part of the United Kingdom.\n(2) For this purpose a United Kingdom national is an individual who is—\n(a) a British citizen, a British Dependent Territories citizen, a British National (Overseas) or a British Overseas citizen;\n(b) a person who under the British Nationality Act 1981 (c. 61) is a British subject; or\n(c) a British protected person within the meaning of that Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Ss. 50-56 extended (with modifications) (22.4.2005) by The Chemical Weapons (Overseas Territories) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/854), art. 3, Schs. 2, 3, 4A, 5A, 8A"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2001/24/section/56",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:19:53.658662+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."
}