{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/solomon-islands-act-1978/section-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/solomon-islands-act-1978/section-2.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1978/15",
  "legislation_title": "Solomon Islands Act 1978",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/solomon-islands-act-1978",
  "path": "section/2",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Effect of independence on British nationality.",
  "text": "(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(2) A person who, immediately before Independence Day, is a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies and has (within section 3 below) a connection with the Solomon Islands protectorate shall cease to be such a citizen on becoming (on that day or later) a citizen of Solomon Islands.\n(3) A person born on or after Independence Day, but before 7th July 1980—\n(a) who is at birth a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies by descent only; and\n(b) whose father was immediately before Independence Day a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies and then had (within section 3) a connection with the protectorate,\nshall cease to be such a citizen on becoming a citizen of Solomon Islands.\n(4) A person referred to in subsection (2) or (3) above, if before 7th July 1980 he has not become a citizen of Solomon Islands—\n(a) shall on that day cease to be a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies; and\n(b) unless he then has another nationality, shall on that day become a British protected person.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 2(1), 4(5) repealed by British Nationality Act 1981 (c. 61, SIF 87), Sch. 9"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1978/15/section/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:23:06.015196+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."
}