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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/british-nationality-act-1981/schedule-1/paragraph-4A",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1981/61",
  "legislation_title": "British Nationality Act 1981",
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  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph 3(5), a person has a qualifying immigration status for the purposes of paragraph 3 if the person has—\n(a) qualifying temporary residence leave based on a relevant family association;\n(b) probationary citizenship leave based on a relevant family association;\n(c) permanent residence leave based on a relevant family association;\n(d) a qualifying CTA entitlement; or\n(e) a Commonwealth right of abode.\n(2) For the purposes of paragraph 3 and this paragraph, the leave mentioned in sub-paragraph (1)(a), (b) or (c) is based on a relevant family association if it was granted on the basis of the person having a relevant family association.\n(3) A person who is required for the purposes of paragraph 3 to have, for the whole of the qualifying period, a qualifying immigration status and a relevant family association need not, for the whole of that period—\n(a) have the same qualifying immigration status; or\n(b) (subject to paragraph 3(5)) have the same relevant family association.\n(4) Where, by virtue of sub-paragraph (3)(a), a person relies upon having more than one qualifying immigration status falling within sub-paragraph (1)(a), (b) or (c)—\n(a) subject to paragraph 3(5), it is not necessary that the leave to which each status relates is based on the same relevant family association, and\n(b) in a case where paragraph 3(5) applies, the relationship by reference to which the persons referred to in paragraph 3(5) are partners need not be of the same description in respect of each grant of leave.",
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      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 4A inserted (prosp.) by Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Act 2009 (c. 11), ss. 40(5), 58"
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:13:43.090681+00:00"
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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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