Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Pt. III amended and applied by Acts listed in Chronological Table of the Statutes
C2Pt. III modified by Solomon Islands Act 1978 (c. 15, SIF 26:37A), s. 6(2); by S.I. 1978/1030, art. 3(5), 1978/1899, art. 3(5), 1979/917, art. 3(5), by Belize Act 1981 (c. 52, SIF 26:7A), s. 5(6) and by S.I. 1981/1105, art. 3(6)
Textual Amendments
F1Act (except ss. 3, 32(3), 33(1) (from the beginning to the words “Isle of Man”), 34(1)) repealed by British Nationality Act 1981 (c. 61, SIF 87), s. 52(7)(8), Sch. 9 (with transitional provisions in Sch. 8); and Act amended in so far as it still applies (28.6.2022) by 1981 c. 61, ss. 4C(3D), 4I(1A), 17A(4), 17F(2) (as inserted by Nationality and Borders Act 2022 (c. 36), ss. 1(2), 2(2), 6(2)(3), 87(1); S.I. 2022/590, regs. 1(2), Sch. 1 paras. 1, 2, 5 (with Sch. 2 para. 1))
F1(1), (2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(3)References in this Act to any country mentioned in subsection (3) of section one of this Act shall include references to the dependencies of that country.
F1(4)—(11). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Textual Amendments
F1Act (except ss. 3, 32(3), 33(1) (from the beginning to the words “Isle of Man”), 34(1)) repealed by British Nationality Act 1981 (c. 61, SIF 87), s. 52(7)(8), Sch. 9 (with transitional provisions in Sch. 8); and Act amended in so far as it still applies (28.6.2022) by 1981 c. 61, ss. 4C(3D), 4I(1A), 17A(4), 17F(2) (as inserted by Nationality and Borders Act 2022 (c. 36), ss. 1(2), 2(2), 6(2)(3), 87(1); S.I. 2022/590, regs. 1(2), Sch. 1 paras. 1, 2, 5 (with Sch. 2 para. 1))
(1)References in this Act to colonies shall be construed as including references to the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man F1. . .
F1(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Textual Amendments
F1Act (except ss. 3, 32(3), 33(1) (from the beginning to the words “Isle of Man”), 34(1)) repealed by British Nationality Act 1981 (c. 61, SIF 87), s. 52(7)(8), Sch. 9 (with transitional provisions in Sch. 8); and Act amended in so far as it still applies (28.6.2022) by 1981 c. 61, ss. 4C(3D), 4I(1A), 17A(4), 17F(2) (as inserted by Nationality and Borders Act 2022 (c. 36), ss. 1(2), 2(2), 6(2)(3), 87(1); S.I. 2022/590, regs. 1(2), Sch. 1 paras. 1, 2, 5 (with Sch. 2 para. 1))
(1)This Act may be cited as the British Nationality Act, 1948.
F1(2), (3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Editorial Information
X1A dagger appended to a marginal note means that it is no longer accurate
Textual Amendments
F1Act (except ss. 3, 32(3), 33(1) (from the beginning to the words “Isle of Man”), 34(1)) repealed by British Nationality Act 1981 (c. 61, SIF 87), s. 52(7)(8), Sch. 9 (with transitional provisions in Sch. 8); and Act amended in so far as it still applies (28.6.2022) by 1981 c. 61, ss. 4C(3D), 4I(1A), 17A(4), 17F(2) (as inserted by Nationality and Borders Act 2022 (c. 36), ss. 1(2), 2(2), 6(2)(3), 87(1); S.I. 2022/590, regs. 1(2), Sch. 1 paras. 1, 2, 5 (with Sch. 2 para. 1))