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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/constitutional-reform-and-governance-act-2010/section-47",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2010/25",
  "legislation_title": "Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/constitutional-reform-and-governance-act-2010",
  "path": "section/47",
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  "number": "47",
  "heading": "Section 3 of the Act of Settlement",
  "text": "(1) For the avoidance of doubt, the repeal in section 18(7) of the Electoral Administration Act 2006 of the entry in Schedule 7 to the British Nationality Act 1981 (entry which modified certain disqualifications imposed by section 3 of the Act of Settlement) applied only so far as the modification made by that entry related to—\n(a) membership of the House of Commons, or\n(b) anything from which a person is disqualified by virtue of a disqualification from membership of that House.\n(2) Section 3 of the Act of Settlement has effect accordingly, and has done so since the coming into force of section 18 of the Electoral Administration Act 2006.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2010/25/section/47",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:09:57.057467+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."
}