{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/british-nationality-act-1981/section-4E",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/british-nationality-act-1981/section-4E.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1981/61",
  "legislation_title": "British Nationality Act 1981",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/british-nationality-act-1981",
  "path": "section/4E",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "4E",
  "heading": "The general conditions",
  "text": "For the purposes of sections 4F to 4I, a person (“P”) meets the general conditions if—\n(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(b) at the time of P's birth, P's mother—\n(i) was not married, or\n(ii) was married to a person other than P's natural father;\n(c) no person is treated as the father of P under section 28 of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990 or under section 35 or 36 of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008;\n(ca) no person is treated as a parent of P under section 42 or 43 of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008; and\n(d) P has never been a British citizen.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 4E-4J inserted (6.4.2015) by Immigration Act 2014 (c. 22), ss. 65, 75(3); S.I. 2015/371, art. 4(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 4E(a) omitted (28.6.2022) by virtue of Nationality and Borders Act 2022 (c. 36), ss. 7(2)(a), 87(1); S.I. 2022/590, regs. 1(2), 2, Sch. 1 para. 6"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 4E(c) inserted (28.6.2022) by Nationality and Borders Act 2022 (c. 36), ss. 7(2)(b), 87(1); S.I. 2022/590, regs. 1(2), 2, Sch. 1 para. 6"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "S. 4E(ca) inserted (28.6.2022) by Nationality and Borders Act 2022 (c. 36), ss. 7(2)(c), 87(1); S.I. 2022/590, regs. 1(2), 2, Sch. 1 para. 6"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1981/61/section/4E",
    "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."
}