{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/british-nationality-general-amendment-regulations-2019/regulation-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2019/1242",
  "legislation_title": "The British Nationality (General) (Amendment) Regulations 2019",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/british-nationality-general-amendment-regulations-2019",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Amendments to the 2003 Regulations",
  "text": "(1) Regulation 5A (knowledge of language and life in the United Kingdom) of the 2003 Regulations is amended as follows.\n(2) For paragraph (1)(a) substitute—\n“(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-\n(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\n(ii) was taken no more than two years before the date of the application for naturalisation; or”.\n(3) In schedule 2A of the 2003 Regulations (Specified English Language Tests . . . and English Speaking Countries) omit paragraph(1).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Regulation 5A was inserted by S.I. 2004/1726 and substituted by 2005/2785, 2013/2541 and 2015/681."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Schedule 2A was inserted by S.I. 2013/2541 and amended by 2014/1465 and 2015/681."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2019/1242/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:37:33.320923+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."
}