{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/nationality-immigration-and-asylum-act-2002/section-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/nationality-immigration-and-asylum-act-2002/section-1.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2002/41",
  "legislation_title": "Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/nationality-immigration-and-asylum-act-2002",
  "path": "section/1",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Naturalisation: knowledge of language and society",
  "text": "(1) The following shall be inserted after the word “and” after paragraph 1(1)(c) of Schedule 1 to the British Nationality Act 1981 (c. 61) (requirements for naturalisation)—\n“(ca) that he has sufficient knowledge about life in the United Kingdom; and”.\n(2) In paragraph 2(e) of that Schedule (waiver)—\n(a) for “the requirement specified in paragraph 1(1)(c)” there shall be substituted “ either or both of the requirements specified in paragraph 1(1)(c) and (ca) ”, and\n(b) for “expect him to fulfil it” there shall be substituted “ expect him to fulfil that requirement or those requirements ”.\n(3) The following shall be inserted after section 41(1)(b) of that Act (regulations)—\n“(ba) for determining whether a person has sufficient knowledge of a language for the purpose of an application for naturalisation;\n(bb) for determining whether a person has sufficient knowledge about life in the United Kingdom for the purpose of an application for naturalisation;”.\n(4) The following shall be inserted after section 41(1) of that Act—\n“(1A) Regulations under subsection (1)(ba) or (bb) may, in particular—\n(a) make provision by reference to possession of a specified qualification;\n(b) make provision by reference to possession of a qualification of a specified kind;\n(c) make provision by reference to attendance on a specified course;\n(d) make provision by reference to attendance on a course of a specified kind;\n(e) make provision by reference to a specified level of achievement;\n(f) enable a person designated by the Secretary of State to determine sufficiency of knowledge in specified circumstances;\n(g) enable the Secretary of State to accept a qualification of a specified kind as evidence of sufficient knowledge of a language.”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 1 wholly in force at 1.11.2005; s. 1 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 162(2); s. 1(3)(4) in force at 6.7.2004 by S.I. 2004/1707, art. 2; s. 1(1)(2) in force at 1.11.2005 by S.I. 2005/2782, art. 3(1) (subject to art. 3(2))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/41/section/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:18:47.769208+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."
}