{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/british-nationality-general-regulations-2003/schedule-2A/paragraph-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/british-nationality-general-regulations-2003/schedule-2A/paragraph-2.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/2A/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Specified English Speaking Countries",
  "text": "The following countries are specified English speaking countries for the purposes of regulation 5A(1)(b)(ii) and (e)—\n(a) Antigua and Barbuda;\n(b) Australia;\n(c) the Bahamas;\n(d) Barbados;\n(e) Belize;\n(f) Canada;\n(g) Dominica;\n(h) Grenada;\n(i) Guyana;\n(j) Jamaica;\n(ja) Malta;\n(k) New Zealand;\n(l) the Republic of Ireland;\n(m) Saint Christopher and Nevis;\n(n) Saint Lucia;\n(o) Saint Vincent and the Grenadines;\n(p) Trinidad and Tobago; or\n(q) the United States of America.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 2A inserted (28.10.2013) by The British Nationality (General) (Amendment) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/2541), regs. 1, 4"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Sch. 2A para. 2(ja) inserted (1.12.2020) by The British Nationality (General) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1141), regs. 1(1), 3(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/548/schedule/2A/paragraph/2",
    "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."
}