{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/nationality-immigration-and-asylum-act-2002/section-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/nationality-immigration-and-asylum-act-2002/section-2.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/2",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Naturalisation: spouse of citizen",
  "text": "(1) Paragraphs 3 and 4 of Schedule 1 to the British Nationality Act 1981 (c. 61) (requirements for naturalisation as British citizen: spouse of citizen) shall be amended as follows—\n(a) in paragraph 3(e) for “requirement specified in paragraph 1(1)(b)” substitute “ requirements specified in paragraph 1(1)(b), (c) and (ca) ”, and\n(b) in paragraph 4(c) omit“and (e)”.\n(2) Paragraphs 7 and 8 of that Schedule (requirements for naturalisation as British overseas territories citizen: spouse of citizen) shall be amended as follows—\n(a) in paragraph 7(e) for “requirement specified in paragraph 5(1)(b)” substitute “ requirements specified in paragraph 5(1)(b) and (c) ”, and\n(b) in paragraph 8(c) omit“and (e)”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/41/section/2",
    "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."
}