Section 56: Deprivation of Citizenship
137.Section 56 will replace an existing criterion for deprivation of British nationality that the person concerned had done something which was “seriously prejudicial to the vital interests of the United Kingdom or a British overseas territory” with the criterion that it is conducive to the public good to deprive a person of his or her British nationality. The current limitation that a deprivation order may not be made on this basis if it would make a person stateless would continue to apply.
138.Subsection (2) will enable the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal, on an appeal against deprivation of nationality under section 40A of the British Nationality Act 1981, to receive in private evidence about forged documents.
