{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-nationality-and-asylum-eu-exit-regulations-2019/regulation-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-nationality-and-asylum-eu-exit-regulations-2019/regulation-7.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2019/745",
  "legislation_title": "The Immigration, Nationality and Asylum (EU Exit) Regulations 2019",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-nationality-and-asylum-eu-exit-regulations-2019",
  "path": "regulation/7",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Amendment of the British Nationality Act 1981",
  "text": "For section 5 of the British Nationality Act 1981 (acquisition by registration: nationals for purposes of the EU Treaties) substitute—\n“Acquisition by registration: British overseas territories citizens having connection with Gibraltar\n5 A person who is a British overseas territories citizen by virtue of a connection with Gibraltar is entitled to be registered as a British citizen if an application is made for their registration as such a citizen.”.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1981 c. 61. Section 5 was amended by section 2(2)(b) of the British Overseas Territories Act 2002 (c. 8) and by S.I. 2011/1043."
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 7 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2019/745/regulation/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:42:32.630972+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."
}