{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/anti-terrorism-crime-and-security-act-2001/section-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/anti-terrorism-crime-and-security-act-2001/section-9.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/9",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Nationals and residents",
  "text": "(1) A national of the United Kingdom 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.\n(2) A resident of the United Kingdom is—\n(a) an individual who is ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom,\n(b) a body incorporated under the law of any part of the United Kingdom, or\n(c) a Scottish partnership.\n(3) A resident of a country or territory outside the United Kingdom is—\n(a) an individual who is ordinarily resident in such a country or territory, or\n(b) a body incorporated under the law of such a country or territory.\n(4) For the purposes of subsection (3)(b) a branch situated in a country or territory outside the United Kingdom of—\n(a) a body incorporated under the law of any part of the United Kingdom, or\n(b) a Scottish partnership,\nis to be treated as a body incorporated under the law of the country or territory where the branch is situated.\n(5) This section applies for the purposes of this Part.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2001/24/section/9",
    "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."
}