{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/british-nationality-act-1981/section-4A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/british-nationality-act-1981/section-4A.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1981/61",
  "legislation_title": "British Nationality Act 1981",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/british-nationality-act-1981",
  "path": "section/4A",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "4A",
  "heading": "Acquisition by registration: further provision for British overseas territories citizens",
  "text": "(1) If an application is made to register as a British citizen a person who is a British overseas territories citizen, the Secretary of State may if he thinks fit cause the person to be so registered.\n(2) Subsection (1) does not apply in the case of a British overseas territories citizen who—\n(a) is such a citizen by virtue only of a connection with the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia; or\n(b) has ceased to be a British citizen as a result of a declaration of renunciation.\n(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 4A inserted (21.5.2002) by the British Overseas Territories Act 2002 (c. 8), s. 4; S.I. 2002/1252, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 4A(3) omitted (2.12.2025) by virtue of Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Act 2025 (c. 31), ss. 42(2)(c), 65(3)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 4A 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. 4A restricted (20.7.2023) by Illegal Migration Act 2023 (c. 37), ss. 32(2)(a)(ii), 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/4A",
    "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."
}