The Immigration and Nationality (Fees) Regulations 2017

Interpretation

1.—(1) In this Schedule—

“application for naturalisation as a British citizen” means an application for naturalisation as a British citizen under section 6(1) or (2) of the 1981 Act(1);

“application for naturalisation as a British overseas territories citizen” means an application for naturalisation as a British overseas territories citizen under section 18(1) or (2) of the 1981 Act(2);

“application for registration as a British citizen under the 1981 Act” means an application for registration as a British citizen under sections 1(3), (3A) or (4), 3(1), (2) or (5), 4(2) or (5), 4A, 4B, 4D, 4F, 10(1) or (2), or 13(1) or (3) of, or paragraph 3, 4 or 5 of Schedule 2 to, the 1981 Act(3);

“application for registration as a British citizen under the 1997 Act” means an application for registration as a British citizen under section 1 of the British Nationality (Hong Kong) Act 1997(4);

“application for registration as a British overseas citizen” means an application for registration as a British overseas citizen under section 27(1) of, or paragraph 4 or 5 of Schedule 2 to, the 1981 Act(5);

“application for registration as a British overseas territories citizen” means an application for registration as a British overseas territories citizen under sections 13(1) or (3) of the 1981 Act (as applied by section 24 of that Act), 15(3) or (4), 17(1), (2) or (5), or 22(1) or (2) of, or paragraph 3, 4 or 5 of Schedule 2 to, the 1981 Act(6);

“application for registration as a British protected person” means an application for registration as a British protected person under article 7 of the 1982 Order(7);

“application for registration as a British subject” means an application for registration as a British subject under section 32 of, or paragraph 4 of Schedule 2 to, the 1981 Act;

“certificate of entitlement” has the same meaning as provided for in section 33(1) of the 1971 Act(8);

“certificate of registration or naturalisation” means a certificate of registration or naturalisation issued under the 1981 Act.

(2) In this Schedule, subject to regulation 16 of these Regulations, an application is made on the date on which it is received by the Secretary of State or by any person authorised by the Secretary of State to receive nationality applications.

(1)

Section 6(2) is prospectively amended by section 40(1) of the Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Act 2009 (c. 11) (the “2009 Act”) from a date to be appointed, and section 261(1) of, and paragraph 72 of Schedule 27 to, the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33) (the “2004 Act”).

(2)

Section 18(1) was amended by section 2(2)(b) of the Overseas Territories Act and section 18(2) was amended by section 2(2)(b) of the 2002 Act and paragraph 76 of Schedule 27 to, the 2004 Act.

(3)

Section 1(3) was amended by section 42(1) and (3) of the 2009 Act; section 1(3A) was inserted by section 42(1) and (4) of the 2009 Act; section 1(4) was amended by section 42(1) and (5) of the 2009 Act; section 3(2) was amended by paragraph 3(1) and (2) of Schedule 1 to the Overseas Territories Act and section 43(1) and (2) of the 2009 Act; section 3(5) was amended by section 5 of, and paragraph 3(1) and (4) of Schedule 1 to, the Overseas Territories Act; section 4A was inserted by section 4 of the Overseas Territories Act; section 4B was inserted by section 12 of the 2002 Act and was amended by section 44(1), (2), (3), and (4) of, and Part 2 of the Schedule to, the 2009 Act; section 4D was inserted by section 46 of the 2009 Act; section 4F was inserted by section 65 of the 2014 Act; section 10(1) was amended by sections 5(a) and 161 of, and Schedule 9 to, the 2002 Act; section 10(2) was amended by section 5(a) of, and Schedule 9 to, the 2002 Act and by section 261(1) of, and paragraph 73 of Schedule 27 to, the 2004 Act; paragraph 3 of Schedule 2 was amended by section 1(1)(b) of the 2002 Act, and sections 8 and 161 of, and Schedule 9 to, the 2002 Act; and paragraph 4 of Schedule 2 was amended by sections 1(1)(b) and 2(2)(b) of the Overseas Territories Act.

(4)

1997 c. 20; section 1 was amended by section 2(3) of the 2002 Act and section 47(3) of the 2009 Act.

(5)

Paragraph 4 of Schedule 2 to the 1981 Act was amended by sections 1(1)(b) and 2(2)(b) of the Overseas Territories Act.

(6)

Sections 15(3) and (4), 17(2) and (5) were amended by sections 1(1)(b) and 2(2)(b) of the Overseas Territories Act; section 22(1) was amended by sections 1(1)(b) and 2(2)(b) of the Overseas Territories Act, and Schedule 9 to the 2002 Act; section 22(2) was amended by sections 1(1)(b) and 2(2)(b) of the Overseas Territories Act, Schedule 9 to the 2002 Act, and paragraph 77 of Schedule 27 to the 2004 Act; and section 24 was amended by section 2(2) of the Overseas Territories Act.

(7)

S.I. 1982/1070; article 7 was amended by section 1(2) of the 2002 Act and S.I. 2009/1892.

(8)

The definition of “certificate of entitlement” was substituted by section 10(5)(b) of the 2002 Act.