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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/british-dependent-territories-citizenship-designated-service-order-1982/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1982/1710",
  "legislation_title": "The British Dependent Territories Citizenship (Designated Service) Order 1982",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/british-dependent-territories-citizenship-designated-service-order-1982",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "BRITISH NATIONALITY\nMade 1st December 1982\nLaid before Parliament 9th December 1982\nComing into Operation 1st January 1983\nWhereas I consider the descriptions of service specified in this Order to be closely associated with the activities outside the dependent territories of the government of a dependent territory:\nNow, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred upon me by section 16(3) of the British Nationality Act 1981, I hereby make the following Order:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1982/1710/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T18:11:03.035002+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."
}