{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/british-nationality-proof-of-paternity-regulations-2006/regulation-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2006/1496",
  "legislation_title": "The British Nationality (Proof of Paternity) Regulations 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/british-nationality-proof-of-paternity-regulations-2006",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The following requirements are prescribed as to proof of paternity for the purposes of section 50(9A)(c) of the British Nationality Act 1981—\n(a) the person must be named as the father of the child in a birth certificate issued within one year of the date of the child’s birth; or\n(b) the person must satisfy the Secretary of State that he is the father of the child.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2015/1615",
      "affecting_title": "The British Nationality (Proof of Paternity) (Amendment) Regulations 2015"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/1496/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:27:49.218500+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."
}