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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-and-social-security-co-ordination-eu-withdrawal-act-2020-consequential-saving-transitional-and-transitory-provisions-eu-exit-regulations-2020/regulation-78",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-and-social-security-co-ordination-eu-withdrawal-act-2020-consequential-saving-transitional-and-transitory-provisions-eu-exit-regulations-2020/regulation-78.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2020/1309",
  "legislation_title": "The Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Act 2020 (Consequential, Saving, Transitional and Transitory Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-and-social-security-co-ordination-eu-withdrawal-act-2020-consequential-saving-transitional-and-transitory-provisions-eu-exit-regulations-2020",
  "path": "regulation/78",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "78",
  "heading": "Amendment of the British Nationality Act 1981",
  "text": "(1) The British Nationality Act 1981 is amended as follows.\n(2) In section 50A (meaning of references to being in breach of immigration laws) —\n(a) in subsection (4)—\n(i) after paragraph (b) insert—\n“(ba) is not an Irish citizen who does not require leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom (see section 3ZA of the Immigration Act 1971);”;\n(ii) omit paragraphs (d) and (e);\n(b) omit subsection (5).",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1981. c. 61."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "Section 50A was inserted by section 48(1) of the Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Act 2009 (c. 11)."
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 78 not in force at made date, see reg. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "Reg. 78 in force at 31.12.2020, see reg. 1(2) and S.I. 2020/1279, reg. 4(c)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/1309/regulation/78",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:22:36.105036+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."
}