{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/uk-borders-act-2007/section-43B",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/uk-borders-act-2007/section-43B.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2007/30",
  "legislation_title": "UK Borders Act 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/uk-borders-act-2007",
  "path": "section/43B",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "43B",
  "heading": "Offence of not giving nationality",
  "text": "(1) A person commits an offence if, without reasonable excuse, the person fails to comply with a requirement imposed in accordance with section 43A, whether by providing false or incomplete information or by providing no information.\n(2) Information provided by a person in response to a requirement imposed in accordance with section 43A is not admissible in evidence in criminal proceedings against that person other than proceedings for an offence under this section.\n(3) A person who is guilty of an offence under subsection (1) is liable—\n(a) on summary conviction in England and Wales, to either or both of the following—\n(i) imprisonment for a term not exceeding 51 weeks (or 6 months if the offence was committed before the commencement of section 281(5) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003);\n(ii) a fine;\n(b) on summary conviction in Northern Ireland, to either or both of the following—\n(i) imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months;\n(ii) a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 43A, 43B inserted (E.W.N.I.) (31.1.2017 for specified purposes) by Policing and Crime Act 2017 (c. 3), ss. 159, 183(1)(5)(e)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2007/30/section/43B",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:12:20.236890+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."
}