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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/british-nationality-british-overseas-territories-amendment-regulations-2023/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2023/1104",
  "legislation_title": "The British Nationality (British Overseas Territories) (Amendment) Regulations 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/british-nationality-british-overseas-territories-amendment-regulations-2023",
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  "kind": "note",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThese Regulations amend the British Nationality (British Overseas Territories) Regulations 2007 (the “the 2007 Regulations”), which detail the procedures and requirements relating to applications for British territories overseas citizenship, and declarations of renunciation of that citizenship, made under the British Nationality Act 1981 (“the 1981 Act”).\nRegulation 2 amends paragraph 1 of Schedule 3 to the 2007 Regulations to add to the persons who are authorised to administer a citizenship oath or pledge where required under section 42 of the 1981 Act. The amendments provide that the oath and pledge can also be administered by a registrar in England and Wales or Scotland, or by a person authorised by the Secretary of State in Northern Ireland.\nA full impact assessment has not been produced for these Regulations because no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/1104/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:39:42.659828+00:00"
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  "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."
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