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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/british-nationality-british-overseas-territories-regulations-2007/schedule-2/paragraph-A1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/british-nationality-british-overseas-territories-regulations-2007/schedule-2/paragraph-A1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2007/3139",
  "legislation_title": "The British Nationality (British Overseas Territories) Regulations 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/british-nationality-british-overseas-territories-regulations-2007",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/A1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "A1",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Schedule—\n(a) a reference to a person’s “natural father” is to be construed in accordance with section 17G(1) of the Act;\n(b) a reference to a person automatically becoming a citizen of a certain type is to be construed in accordance with section 17G(4) of the Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. A1 inserted (28.6.2022) by The British Nationality (General, British Overseas Territories and Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/602), regs. 1(2), 3(3)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Section 22(1) of the 1981 Act has been amended by: sections 1 and 2 of the British Overseas Territories Act 2002; and sections 5 and 161 of, and Schedule 9 to, the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/3139/schedule/2/paragraph/A1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:41:48.661415+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."
}