{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/british-nationality-maldives-order-2021/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/british-nationality-maldives-order-2021/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2021/523",
  "legislation_title": "The British Nationality (Maldives) Order 2021",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/british-nationality-maldives-order-2021",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nArticle 2 of this Order adds Maldives to Schedule 3 to the British Nationality Act 1981. This means that citizens of Maldives will now have the status of Commonwealth citizens.\nArticle 3 of this Order revokes the British Nationality (Maldives) Order 2017 which removed Maldives from Schedule 3 to the British Nationality Act 1981.\nA full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/523/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:14:16.922282+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."
}