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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/borders-citizenship-and-immigration-act-2009-commencement-no-1-order-2009/article-4",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2009/2731",
  "legislation_title": "The Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Act 2009 (Commencement No. 1) Order 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/borders-citizenship-and-immigration-act-2009-commencement-no-1-order-2009",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Commencement",
  "text": "The following provisions of the 2009 Act shall come into force on 13th January 2010—\n(a) section 42 (Children born in UK etc to members of the armed forces);\n(b) section 43 (Minors);\n(c) section 44 (British Nationals (Overseas) without other citizenship);\n(d) section 45 (Descent through the female line);\n(e) section 46 (Children born outside UK etc to members of the armed forces);\n(f) section 47 (Good character requirement);\n(g) section 48 (Meaning of references to being in breach of immigration laws);\n(h) section 49(1) (Other interpretation etc);\n(i) section 56 (Repeals) in so far as it relates to the Part of the Schedule to the 2009 Act in sub-paragraph (j); and\n(j) Part 2 (Citizenship) of the Schedule to the 2009 Act other than the repeals to Schedule 1 British Nationality Act 1981.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1981 c. 61."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/2731/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:04:48.185687+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."
}