British nationality law

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legal system nationality law public law

British nationality law is the body of legal rules that governs how British citizenship and other forms of British nationality are acquired, lost, and transmitted.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
British nationality law canonical	3
British nationality by descent	1
Part III – British Overseas Citizenship	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	legal system ⓘ nationality law ⓘ public law ⓘ
administeredBy	Home Office ⓘ UK Visas and Immigration ⓘ
appliesTo	British Overseas Territories ⓘ Crown dependencies ⓘ surface form: Crown Dependencies United Kingdom ⓘ surface form: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
cameIntoMajorEffect	1 January 1983 ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
definesConcept	British citizenship ⓘ surface form: British citizen British nationality law self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: British nationality by descent British nationality otherwise than by descent ⓘ deprivation of citizenship ⓘ dual nationality ⓘ indefinite leave to remain ⓘ naturalisation as a British citizen ⓘ registration as a British citizen ⓘ renunciation of citizenship ⓘ right of abode ⓘ settled status ⓘ
governs	British National (Overseas) ⓘ British overseas territories citizenship ⓘ surface form: British Overseas Territories citizenship British Overseas citizenship ⓘ British citizenship ⓘ British protected person status ⓘ British subject status ⓘ acquisition of British nationality ⓘ loss of British nationality ⓘ transmission of British nationality ⓘ
historicalPrecursor	British Nationality and Status of Aliens Act 1914 ⓘ British subject status under imperial law ⓘ
jurisdiction	British Parliament ⓘ surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
language	English ⓘ
legalBasis	Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Act 2009 ⓘ British Nationality Act 1948 ⓘ British Nationality Act 1981 ⓘ Immigration Act 1971 ⓘ Immigration Act 2014 ⓘ Nationality and Borders Act 2022 ⓘ Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 ⓘ
reformedBy	British Nationality Act 1948 ⓘ British Nationality Act 1981 ⓘ
relatedTo	Commonwealth citizenship ⓘ European Union legal order ⓘ surface form: European Union law (historically) Immigration Rules (United Kingdom) ⓘ surface form: United Kingdom immigration law
subjectTo	1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons ⓘ 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness ⓘ international human rights law ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

British Overseas Territories Act 2002 → subject → British nationality law ⓘ

Oath of Allegiance (United Kingdom) → relatedTo → British nationality law ⓘ

British nationality law → definesConcept → British nationality law self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: British nationality by descent

British Nationality Act 1981 → containsPart → British nationality law ⓘ

this entity surface form: Part III – British Overseas Citizenship

Trinidad and Tobago nationality law → historicalPrecursor → British nationality law ⓘ