{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/british-nationality-act-1981/section-13",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/british-nationality-act-1981/section-13.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1981/61",
  "legislation_title": "British Nationality Act 1981",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/british-nationality-act-1981",
  "path": "section/13",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "13",
  "heading": "Resumption.",
  "text": "(1) Subject to subsection (2), a person who has ceased to be a British citizen as a result of a declaration of renunciation shall be entitled, on an application for his registration as a British citizen, to be registered as such a citizen if—\n(a) he is of full capacity; and\n(b) his renunciation of British citizenship was necessary to enable him to retain or acquire some other citizenship or nationality.\n(2) A person shall not be entitled to registration under subsection (1) on more than one occasion.\n(3) If a person of full capacity who has ceased to be a British citizen as a result of a declaration of renunciation (for whatever reason made) makes an application for his registration as such a citizen, the Secretary of State may, if he thinks fit, cause him to be registered as such a citizen.\n(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 13(4) omitted (2.12.2025) by virtue of Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Act 2025 (c. 31), ss. 42(2)(h), 65(3)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 13(1)(3) restricted (4.12.2006) by Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006 (c. 13), ss. 58, 62; S.I. 2006/2838, art. 4(1) (subject to art. 4(2))"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "S. 13(1) restricted (20.7.2023) by Illegal Migration Act 2023 (c. 37), ss. 33(1)(c), 68(3)(a) (with s. 55(9))"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "S. 13(1) restricted (20.7.2023) by Illegal Migration Act 2023 (c. 37), ss. 32(1)(e), 68(3)(a) (with s. 55(9))"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C4",
      "text": "S. 13(3) restricted (20.7.2023) by Illegal Migration Act 2023 (c. 37), ss. 32(2)(a)(iv), 68(3)(a) (with s. 55(9))"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C5",
      "text": "S. 13(3) restricted (20.7.2023) by Illegal Migration Act 2023 (c. 37), ss. 33(2)(a)(iii), 68(3)(a) (with s. 55(9))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1981/61/section/13",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:13:43.090681+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."
}