{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/british-nationality-general-amendment-regulations-2003/regulation-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/british-nationality-general-amendment-regulations-2003/regulation-5.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2003/3158",
  "legislation_title": "The British Nationality (General) (Amendment) Regulations 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/british-nationality-general-amendment-regulations-2003",
  "path": "regulation/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In Schedule 3:\n(a) in the heading, for “OATH OF ALLEGIANCE” there is substituted “CITIZENSHIP OATH OR PLEDGE”;\n(b) in paragraph 1, for the words “paragraph 2” there is substituted “paragraphs 2 and 3”, and for “an oath of allegiance” there is substituted “a citizenship oath or pledge”;\n(c) in paragraph 2, after each reference to “the oath” there is inserted “or pledge”, and the words “or taken” are omitted; and\n(d) after paragraph 2, there is inserted:\n“3. Where a citizenship oath and pledge is required by section 42 of the Act to be made at a citizenship ceremony, it shall be administered at the ceremony:\n(a) in the case of a ceremony held in England, Wales or Scotland, by a registrar (within the meaning of section 41(3B) of the Act); and\n(b) in the case of a ceremony held elsewhere, by a person authorised to do so by the Secretary of State.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/3158/regulation/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:37:51.185976+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."
}