# The Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Parental Orders) Regulations 2018, Paragraph 10: British Nationality Act 1981


In section 1 of the British Nationality Act 1981 (acquisition by birth or adoption)—
(a) the reference to an order authorising the adoption of a minor who is not a British citizen in subsection (5)(a) is to be read as including a reference to a parental order made under section 54 or section 54A of the 2008 Act in respect of a minor; and
(b) the reference to the adopter is to be read as including a reference to the person who obtained the parental order under section 54A of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 and the reference, in relation to the case of a joint adoption, to one of the adopters as including a reference to one of the persons who obtained the parental order under section 54 of the 2008 Act.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2018/9780111174715/schedule/4/paragraph/10 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-human-fertilisation-and-embryology-parental-orders-regulations-2018/schedule-4/paragraph-10
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