{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-asylum-and-nationality-act-2006/section-56",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2006/13",
  "legislation_title": "Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-asylum-and-nationality-act-2006",
  "path": "section/56",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "56",
  "heading": "Deprivation of citizenship",
  "text": "(1) For section 40(2) of the British Nationality Act 1981 (c. 61) (deprivation of citizenship: prejudicing UK interests) substitute—\n“(2) The Secretary of State may by order deprive a person of a citizenship status if the Secretary of State is satisfied that deprivation is conducive to the public good.”\n(2) At the end of section 40A(3) of that Act (deprivation: appeal) add—\n“, and\n(e) section 108 (forged document: proceedings in private).”;\n(and omit the word “and” before section 40A(3)(d)).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 56 in force at 16.6.2006 by S.I. 2006/1497, art. 3, Sch."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/13/section/56",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:14:51.061548+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."
}