{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/borders-citizenship-and-immigration-act-2009/section-41",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/borders-citizenship-and-immigration-act-2009/section-41.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2009/11",
  "legislation_title": "Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Act 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/borders-citizenship-and-immigration-act-2009",
  "path": "section/41",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "41",
  "heading": "The qualifying period",
  "text": "(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(4) In subsection (7) of section 41 of the British Nationality Act 1981 (regulations), after “this section” insert “ (other than regulations referred to in subsection (8)) ”.\n(5) After subsection (7) of that section insert—\n“(8) Any regulations (whether alone or with other provision)—\n(a) under subsection (1)(a) for prescribing activities for the purposes of paragraph 4B(5)(a) of Schedule 1; or\n(b) under subsection (1)(bc), (bd) or (be),\nmay not be made unless a draft has been laid before and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 41(1)-(3) omitted (28.6.2022) by virtue of Nationality and Borders Act 2022 (c. 36), ss. 9(3)(a), 87(1); S.I. 2022/590, regs. 1(2), 2, Sch. 1 para. 8 (with Sch. 2 para. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 41(4) substituted (28.6.2022) by Nationality and Borders Act 2022 (c. 36), ss. 9(3)(b), 87(1); S.I. 2022/590, regs. 1(2), 2, Sch. 1 para. 8 (with Sch. 2 para. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 41(5) in force at 27.10.2014 for specified purposes by S.I. 2014/2634, art. 2(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/11/section/41",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:11:06.397068+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."
}