{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/british-overseas-territories-act-2002/section-1",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2002/8",
  "legislation_title": "British Overseas Territories Act 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/british-overseas-territories-act-2002",
  "path": "section/1",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "British overseas territories",
  "text": "(1) As the territories mentioned in Schedule 6 to the British Nationality Act 1981 (c. 61) are now known as “British overseas territories”—\n(a) in section 50(1) of that Act (definitions), at the appropriate place insert—\n““British overseas territory” means a territory mentioned in Schedule 6;”,\n(b) for “dependent territory” (or “dependent territories”), wherever occurring in that Act, substitute “ British overseas territory ”(or “ British overseas territories ”), and\n(c) in the heading to that Schedule, for “British Dependent Territories” substitute “ British Overseas Territories ”.\n(2) In any other enactment passed or made before the commencement of this section (including an enactment comprised in subordinate legislation), any reference to a dependent territory within the meaning of the British Nationality Act 1981 shall be read as a reference to a British overseas territory.\n(3) In the Interpretation Act 1978 (c. 30), at the appropriate place in Schedule 1 (list of definitions) insert—\n““British overseas territory” has the same meaning as in the British Nationality Act 1981;”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/8/section/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:19:42.694043+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."
}