British Nationality Act 1981
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The British Nationality Act 1981 is a key UK law that redefined British citizenship and nationality categories, replacing earlier legislation and shaping modern British nationality law.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| British Nationality Act 1981 canonical | 14 |
| Part II – British Dependent Territories Citizenship | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2538839 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: British Nationality Act 1981 Context triple: [British Overseas Territories Act 2002, amends, British Nationality Act 1981]
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A.
Alien Registration Act of 1940
The Alien Registration Act of 1940 was a U.S. federal law that criminalized advocating the violent overthrow of the government and required non-citizen adults to register with the government.
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B.
European Communities Act 1972
The European Communities Act 1972 was the UK statute that enabled the country’s membership of the European Communities and gave direct effect and supremacy to European Community law within the UK legal system.
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C.
British Overseas Territories Act 2002
The British Overseas Territories Act 2002 is a UK law that reformed the status and citizenship rights of people connected with the British Overseas Territories, notably granting most of them full British citizenship.
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D.
Immigration Rules (United Kingdom)
Immigration Rules (United Kingdom) are the detailed legal framework that governs who can enter, stay, work, and settle in the UK and under what conditions.
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E.
London Act of 1934
The London Act of 1934 is a revision of the Hague Agreement that updated and expanded the international system for registering industrial designs.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: British Nationality Act 1981 Target entity description: The British Nationality Act 1981 is a key UK law that redefined British citizenship and nationality categories, replacing earlier legislation and shaping modern British nationality law.
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A.
Alien Registration Act of 1940
The Alien Registration Act of 1940 was a U.S. federal law that criminalized advocating the violent overthrow of the government and required non-citizen adults to register with the government.
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B.
European Communities Act 1972
The European Communities Act 1972 was the UK statute that enabled the country’s membership of the European Communities and gave direct effect and supremacy to European Community law within the UK legal system.
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C.
British Overseas Territories Act 2002
The British Overseas Territories Act 2002 is a UK law that reformed the status and citizenship rights of people connected with the British Overseas Territories, notably granting most of them full British citizenship.
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D.
Immigration Rules (United Kingdom)
Immigration Rules (United Kingdom) are the detailed legal framework that governs who can enter, stay, work, and settle in the UK and under what conditions.
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E.
London Act of 1934
The London Act of 1934 is a revision of the Hague Agreement that updated and expanded the international system for registering industrial designs.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (59)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom
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British nationality law ⓘ |
| amended | Immigration Act 1971 ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
British Overseas Territories
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Crown dependencies in specified respects ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ |
| changedRule | automatic acquisition of citizenship by birth in the UK ⓘ |
| citation | 1981 c. 61 ⓘ |
| commencementDate | 1983-01-01 ⓘ |
| containsPart |
Part I – British Citizenship
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British Nationality Act 1981 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Part II – British Dependent Territories Citizenship
British nationality law ⓘ
surface form:
Part III – British Overseas Citizenship
Part IV – Supplemental ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| createdCitizenshipCategory |
British overseas territories citizenship
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surface form:
British Dependent Territories citizen
British Overseas citizenship ⓘ
surface form:
British Overseas citizen
British citizen ⓘ |
| definedStatus | right of abode in the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| formsPartOf | modern British nationality law ⓘ |
| governs |
British nationality by descent
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British nationality otherwise than by descent ⓘ acquisition of British citizenship ⓘ loss of British citizenship ⓘ naturalisation as a British citizen ⓘ registration as a British citizen ⓘ |
| hasSchedule |
Schedule 2 – British subjects and British protected persons
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Schedule 5 – Transitional provisions ⓘ |
| hasSection |
Section 1 – Acquisition by birth
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Section 2 – Acquisition by descent ⓘ Section 3 – Registration of minors ⓘ Section 4 – Registration of certain adults ⓘ Section 40 – Deprivation of citizenship ⓘ Section 6 – Naturalisation as a British citizen ⓘ |
| introducedConcept |
British Dependent Territories citizenship linked to remaining colonies and territories
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British Overseas citizenship for residual nationality cases ⓘ British citizen as principal nationality with right of abode in the UK ⓘ |
| introducedRequirement | parent to be a British citizen or settled in the UK for child born in UK to acquire citizenship automatically ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| linkedTo | Immigration Act 1971 ⓘ |
| longTitle | An Act to make fresh provision about citizenship and nationality, and to amend the Immigration Act 1971 as regards the right of abode in the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| parliament |
British Parliament
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surface form:
Parliament of the United Kingdom
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| primaryPurpose |
to redefine British nationality and citizenship categories
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to replace earlier British nationality legislation ⓘ |
| repealed | false ⓘ |
| replaced |
British Nationality Act 1948
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British Nationality Act 1964 ⓘ |
| royalAssentDate | 1981-10-30 ⓘ |
| shortTitle | British Nationality Act 1981 self-link ⓘ |
| significantlyAmendedBy |
Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Act 2009
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British Overseas Territories Act 2002 ⓘ Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006 ⓘ Nationality and Borders Act 2022 ⓘ Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 ⓘ |
| status | in force with amendments ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
citizenship
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immigration status ⓘ nationality ⓘ |
| yearEnacted | 1981 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: British Nationality Act 1981 Description of subject: The British Nationality Act 1981 is a key UK law that redefined British citizenship and nationality categories, replacing earlier legislation and shaping modern British nationality law.
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
British Nationality Act 1981
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containsPart
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British Nationality Act 1981
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
Part II – British Dependent Territories Citizenship