{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/british-nationality-general-regulations-2003/schedule-2/paragraph-17",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/british-nationality-general-regulations-2003/schedule-2/paragraph-17.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2003/548",
  "legislation_title": "The British Nationality (General) Regulations 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/british-nationality-general-regulations-2003",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/17",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) An application under section 13(1) of the Act shall contain information showing—\n(a) that the applicant has renounced British citizenship;\n(b) that, at the time when he renounced it, the applicant had or was about to acquire some other citizenship or nationality;\n(c) that the renunciation of British citizenship was necessary to enable him to retain or acquire that other citizenship or nationality;\n(d) that the applicant has not previously been registered under section 13(1) of the Act;\n(e) that the applicant is of full capacity; and\n(f) where the applicant is aged 10 or over, that he is of good character.\n(2) If the applicant is not of full capacity and it is desired that the requirement of full capacity be waived in accordance with section 44A of the Act (waiver of requirement for full capacity), the application shall specify why it would be in the applicant’s best interests for the requirement to be waived in his case.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 17 renumbered as Sch. 2 para. 17(1) (3.12.2007) by The British Nationality (General and Hong Kong) (Amendment) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/3137), regs. 1(1), 4(9)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 17(1)(f) and word inserted (3.12.2007) by The British Nationality (General and Hong Kong) (Amendment) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/3137), regs. 1(1), 4(9)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 17(2) inserted (3.12.2007) by The British Nationality (General and Hong Kong) (Amendment) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/3137), regs. 1(1), 4(9)(c)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/548/schedule/2/paragraph/17",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T06:30:21.742433+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."
}