Regulation 2 Amendments to the 2003 Regulations

Regulation 5A (knowledge of language and life in the United Kingdom) of the 2003 Regulations^f1 is amended as follows.

For paragraph (1)(a) substitute—

“(1)

(a)

has passed a test known as a Secure English Language Test administered by an English language test provider which has been approved by the Secretary of State for this purpose and which-

(i)

is at a level equivalent to level B1 or above on the Council of Europe’s Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: Learning, Teaching, Assessment; and

(ii)

was taken no more than two years before the date of the application for naturalisation; or”.

In schedule 2A of the 2003 Regulations (Specified English Language Tests . . . and English Speaking Countries) omit paragraph(1)^f2.