{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/british-nationality-act-1981/section-24",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/british-nationality-act-1981/section-24.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1981/61",
  "legislation_title": "British Nationality Act 1981",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/british-nationality-act-1981",
  "path": "section/24",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "24",
  "heading": "Renunciation and resumption.",
  "text": "... The provisions of sections 12 and 13 shall apply in relation to British overseas territories citizens and British overseas territories citizenship as they apply in relation to British citizens and British citizenship.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 24 omitted (2.12.2025) by virtue of Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Act 2025 (c. 31), ss. 42(2)(l), 65(3)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 24 substituted (26.2.2002) by British Overseas Territories Act 2002 (c. 8), s. 2(2)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 24 substituted (26.2.2002) by British Overseas Territories Act 2002 (c. 8), s. 2(2)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 24 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))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1981/61/section/24",
    "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."
}