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  "legislation": "ukpga/1981/61",
  "legislation_title": "British Nationality Act 1981",
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  "number": "9",
  "heading": "REPEALS",
  "text": "Chapter\nShort title\nExtent of repeal\n11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 3.\nBurma Independence Act 1947.\nSection 2.\nSchedule 1.\n11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 56.\nBritish Nationality Act 1948.\nThe whole Act except—\n(a)section (3);\n(b)section 32(3);\n(c)section 33(1) from the beginning to the words “Isle of Man”; and\nSection 34(1).\n12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6. c. 41.\nIreland Act 1949.\nSection 5.\n14 Geo. 6. c. 5.\nNewfoundland (Consequential Provisions) Act 1950.\nThe whole Act.\n15 & 16 Geo. 6 & 1 Eliz. 2. c. 67.\nVisiting Forces Act 1952.\nSection 15(3)(c) and (d).\n5 & 6 Eliz. 2. c. 6.\nGhana Independence Act 1957.\nSection 2.\n5 & 6 Eliz. 2. c. 60.\nFederation of Malaya Independence Act 1957.\nIn Schedule 1, paragraph 1.\n6 & 7 Eliz. 2. c. 10.\nBritish Nationality Act 1958.\nThe whole Act.\n7 & 8 Eliz. 2. c. 5.\nAdoption Act 1958.\nSection 19.\nIn section 60(2), the words “section nineteen, and”.\n8 & amp; 9 Eliz. 2. c. 52.\nCyprus Act 1960.\nSection 4(2) to (4) and (7).\nIn the Schedule, paragraph 1.\n8 & 9 Eliz. 2. c. 55.\nNigeria Independence Act 1960.\nSection 2.\n9 & 10 Eliz. 2. c. 16.\nSierra Leone Independence Act 1961.\nSection 2.\n10 Eliz. 2. c. 1.\nTanganyika Independence Act 1961.\nSection 2.\n10 & 11 Eliz. 2. c. 8.\nCivil Aviation (Euro-control) Act 1962.\nSection 9(2).\n10 & 11 Eliz. 2. c. 21.\nCommonwealth Immigrants Act 1962.\nSection 12(2) and (4).\n10 & 11 Eliz. 2. c. 23.\nSouth Africa Act 1962.\nSection 1(2).\nSchedule 1.\n10 & 11 Eliz. 2. c. 40.\nJamaica Independence Act 1962.\nSection 2.\n10 & 11 Eliz. 2. c. 54.\nTrinidad and Tobago Independence Act 1962.\nSection 2.\n10 & 11 Eliz. 2. c. 57.\nUganda Independence Act 1962.\nSection 2.\n1963 c. 35.\nMalaysia Act 1963.\nSection 2.\nSchedule 1.\n1963 c. 54.\nKenya Independence Act 1963.\nSections 2 and 3.\n1963 c. 55.\nZanzibar Act 1963.\nSection 2.\nSchedule 2.\n1964 c. 5.\nInternational Headquarters and Defence Organisations Act 1964.\nSection 2(1)(c).\nIn section 2(1)(d), the reference to paragraph (c).\n1964 c. 22.\nBritish Nationality Act 1964.\nThe whole Act.\n1964 c. 57.\nAdoption Act 1964.\nSection 1(3).\nIn section 4(4), the words from “except” to “1958”.\n1964 c. 65.\nZambia Independence Act 1964.\nSections 3 and 4.\n1964 c. 81.\nDiplomatic Privilages Act 1964.\nSection 5(2).\n1964 c. 86.\nMalta Independence Act 1964.\nSections 2 and 3.\n1964 c. 93.\nGambia Independence Act 1964.\nSections 2 and 3.\n1965 c. 34.\nBritish Nationality Act 1965.\nThe whole Act.\n1966 c. 14.\nGuyana Independence Act 1966.\nSections 2 and 3.\n1963 c. 23.\nBotswana Independence Act 1966.\nSections 3 and 4.\n1966 c. 24.\nLesotho Independence Act 1966.\nSections 3 and 4.\n1966 c. 29.\nSingapore Act 1966.\nIn the Schedule, paragraph 1.\n1966 c. 37.\nBarbados Independence Act 1966.\nSections 2 and 3.\n1967 c. 4.\nWest Indies Act 1967.\nSection 12.\nIn Schedule 3, paragraphs 1. to 3, 5 and 7 and, in paragraph 4(1), the words form “(subject” to “Schedule)”.\n1967 c. 71.\nAden, Perim and Kuria Muria Islands Act 1967.\nSection 2.\nSchedule.\n1968 c. 8.\nMauritius Independence Act 1968\nSections 2 and 3.\n1968 c. 18.\nConsular Relations Act 1968.\nSection 7.\n1968 c. 53.\nAdoption Act 1968.\nSection 9(5).\nIn section 14(3), the words “except sections 9(5) and this section”.\n1968 c. 56.\nSwaziland Independence Act 1968.\nSections 3 and 4.\n1968 c. 59.\nHovercraft Act 1968.\nIn the Schedule, paragraph 1(d).\n1969 c. 29.\nTanzania Act 1969.\nSection 1.\nSection 7(1)(a) and (2).\n1969 c. 46.\nFamily Law Reform Act 1969.\nSection 28(4)(a).\nIn Schedule 1, the entry relating to the British Nationality Act 1948.\n1970 c. 22.\nTonga Act 1970.\nSection 2.\n1970 c. 50.\nFiji Independence Act 1970.\nSections 2 and 3.\n1971 c. 62.\nTribunals and Inquiries Act 1971.\nIn section 14(3), the words from “affect” to “1948 or”.\n1971 c. 77.\nImmigration Act 1971.\nIn section 9(5), the words from “other” to “section 2”.\nSection 30(1).\nIn section 31(a), the words from “(including” to “Act)”.\nSchedule 1 (including Appendices A to C).\n1972 c. 55.\nSri Lanka Republic Act 1972.\nSection 1(3) and (5).\n1973 c. 27.\nBahamas Independence Act 1973.\nSection 2(1), (2) and (6).\n1973 c. 48.\nPakistan Act 1973.\nSection 1.\nSchedules 1 and 2.\n1973 c. 49.\nBangladesh Act 1973.\nSection 2.\n1975 c. 31.\nMalta Republic Act 1975.\nSection 1(3).\n1975 c. 72.\nChildren Act 1975.\nIn section 109(2)(b), the words “and 63” and “and”.\nSection 109(2)(c).\nIn Schedule 3, paragraph 63.\n1976 c. 19.\nSeychelles Act 1976.\nSections 3 and 4.\nSection 5(3).\n1976 c. 36.\nAdoption Act 1976.\nSection 40.\nIn section 47(2), the words “Without prejudice to section 40”.\nIn section 74(4), the words from “except” to “1968”.\n1976 c. 54.\nTrinidad and Tobago Republic Act 1976.\nSection 1(3).\n1978 c. 15.\nSoloman Islands Act 1978.\nSection 2(1).\nSection 4(5).\nSection 5(1) and (3).\n1978 c. 20.\nTuvalu Act 1978.\nSections 2, 3 and 5(2).\n1978 c. 23.\nJudicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978.\nSection 22(2)(a).\n1978 c. 28.\nAdoption (Scotland) Act 1978.\nSection 40.\nIn section 41(2), the words “Without prejudice to section 40”.\n1978 c. 30.\nInterpretation Act 1978.\nIn section 24(4), the words “British subject and Commonwealth citizen ;”.\nIn Schedule 1. the entry defining “British subject” and “Commonwealth citizen”.\nIn Schedule 2, inparagraph 6, the words “British subject and Commonwealth citizen ;”.\n1979 c. 27.\nKiribati Act 1979.\nSection 3(3).\nSections 4 and 5.\nSection 7(2).\n1979 c. 60.\nZimbabwe Act 1979.\nSection 2.\nIn section 5(2)—\n(a) paragraph (a); and\n(b) in paragraph (b), the words “1 or”.\nSchedule 1.\n1980 c. 2.\nPapua New Guinea, Western Samoa and Nauru (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1980.\nIn section 1, subsection (1) and, in subsection (3), the reference to section 3(2).\nSection 2.\nSection 3(2).\n1980 c. 16.\nNew Hebrides Act 1980.\nSection 1.\nIn section 4(2), the reference to section 1(2).\n1981 c. 52.\nBelize Act 1981.\nSection 4(1).\n1981 c. 61.\nBritish Nationality Act 1981.\nSection 49.",
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      "text": "The text of Sch. 9 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991."
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