Part V

Miscellaneous and Supplementary

Registration and naturalisation: timing
42B
1
A person who is registered under this Act as a citizen of any description or as a British subject shall be treated as having become a citizen or subject—
a
immediately on making the required citizenship oath and pledge in accordance with section 42, or
b
where the requirement for an oath and pledge is disapplied, immediately on registration.
2
A person granted a certificate of naturalisation under this Act as a citizen of any description shall be treated as having become a citizen—
a
immediately on making the required citizenship oath and pledge in accordance with section 42, or
b
where the requirement for an oath and pledge is disapplied, immediately on the grant of the certificate.
3
In the application of subsection (1) to registration as a British Overseas citizen or as a British subject the reference to the citizenship oath and pledge shall be taken as a reference to the citizenship oath.
Ss. 42-42B substituted (1.1.2004) for s. 42 by Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (c. 41), ss. 3, 162, Sch. 1 para. 1 (with s. 159); S.I. 2003/3156, art. 2(a) (with arts. 3, 4)
Pt. V (ss. 36–53) extended by S.I. 1983/882, art. 3(5)