{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/nationality-immigration-and-asylum-act-2002-commencement-no-6-order-2003/article-1",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2003/3156",
  "legislation_title": "The Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (Commencement No. 6) Order 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/nationality-immigration-and-asylum-act-2002-commencement-no-6-order-2003",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) This Order may be cited as the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (Commencement No. 6) Order 2003.\n(2) In this Order—\n“the 1981 Act” means the British Nationality Act 1981;\n“the 2002 Act” means the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002; and\n“application” means an application for registration or naturalisation under any provision of the 1981 Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1981 c. 61."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/3156/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:37:54.727026+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."
}