{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/british-nationality-general-amendment-regulations-2012/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/british-nationality-general-amendment-regulations-2012/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2012/1588",
  "legislation_title": "The British Nationality (General) (Amendment) Regulations 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/british-nationality-general-amendment-regulations-2012",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "British Nationality\nMade 19th June 2012\nLaid before Parliament 25th June 2012\nComing into force 16th July 2012\nThe Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 41(1) and (3) of the British Nationality Act 1981.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1981 c.61; there are amendments to section 41(1) and (3) but they are not relevant to these Regulations. See section 50(1) for the definition of “prescribed”."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/1588/introduction",
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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."
}