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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/british-nationality-act-1981/schedule-1/paragraph-11",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1981/61",
  "legislation_title": "British Nationality Act 1981",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/british-nationality-act-1981",
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  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "11",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) This paragraph applies for the purposes of this Schedule.\n(2) A person has qualifying temporary residence leave if—\n(a) the person has limited leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom, and\n(b) the leave is granted for a purpose by reference to which a grant of probationary citizenship leave may be made.\n(3) A person has probationary citizenship leave if—\n(a) the person has limited leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom, and\n(b) the leave is of a description identified in rules under section 3 of the Immigration Act 1971 as “probationary citizenship leave”,\nand the reference in sub-paragraph (2) to a grant of probationary citizenship leave is to be construed accordingly.\n(4) A person has permanent residence leave if the person has indefinite leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom.\n(5) A person has a qualifying CTA entitlement if the person—\n(a) is a citizen of the Republic of Ireland,\n(b) last arrived in the United Kingdom on a local journey (within the meaning of the Immigration Act 1971) from the Republic of Ireland, and\n(c) on that arrival, was a citizen of the Republic of Ireland and was entitled to enter without leave by virtue of section 1(3) of the Immigration Act 1971 (entry from the common travel area).\n(6) A person has a Commonwealth right of abode if the person has the right of abode in the United Kingdom by virtue of section 2(1)(b) of the Immigration Act 1971.\n(7) A person has a permanent EEA entitlement if the person is entitled to reside in the United Kingdom permanently by virtue of any provision made under section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972.\n(8) A person has a temporary EEA entitlement if the person does not have a permanent EEA entitlement but is entitled to reside in the United Kingdom by virtue of any provision made under section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972.\n(9) A reference in this paragraph to having leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom is to be construed in accordance with the Immigration Act 1971.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": "prospective",
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      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 11 inserted (prosp.) by Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Act 2009 (c. 11), ss. 49(3), 58"
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  "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."
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