{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/british-nationality-falkland-islands-act-1983/section-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/british-nationality-falkland-islands-act-1983/section-3.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1983/6",
  "legislation_title": "British Nationality (Falkland Islands) Act 1983",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/british-nationality-falkland-islands-act-1983",
  "path": "section/3",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Cases in which this Act produces British citizens “by descent”.",
  "text": "(1) A person who is a British citizen by virtue of the application to him of any provision of this Act but not otherwise shall, for the purposes of the 1981 Act, be a British citizen “by descent” if, and only if, being a person who became a British citizen at commencement, he would not be a British citizen by virtue of this Act but for section 1(1)(b)(ii) or (iii).\n(2) A person who is a British citizen by virtue of the application to him of any of the provisions of the 1981 Act as well as being a British citizen by virtue of the application to him of any provision of this Act shall, for the purposes of that Act, be a British citizen “by descent” if, and only if, being a person who became a British citizen at commencement, he—\n(a) would have been a British citizen by descent if this Act had not been passed; and\n(b) would not be a British citizen by virtue of this Act but for section 1(1)(b)(ii) or (iii).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1983/6/section/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:09:34.660357+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."
}