{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/nationality-and-borders-act-2022/section-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/nationality-and-borders-act-2022/section-5.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2022/36",
  "legislation_title": "Nationality and Borders Act 2022",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/nationality-and-borders-act-2022",
  "path": "section/5",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Period for registration of person born outside the British overseas territories",
  "text": "(1) In section 17 of the British Nationality Act 1981 (acquisition of British overseas territories citizenship by registration: minors)—\n(a) in subsection (2), for “within the period of twelve months from the date of the birth” substitute “while the person is a minor”;\n(b) omit subsection (4).\n(2) In section 41A of that Act (registration: good character requirement), in subsection (2), after “17(1)” insert “, (2)”.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 5 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 87(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 5 in force at 28.6.2022 by S.I. 2022/590, regs. 1(2), 2, Sch. 1 para. 4 (with Sch. 2 para. 1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2022/36/section/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:56:14.870435+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."
}