http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1981/61/section/43/2004-01-01British Nationality Act 1981An 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.1982-01-01texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2024-05-172004-01-01 Part V Miscellaneous and Supplementary<CommentaryRef Ref="c19261791"/><CommentaryRef Ref="c19263201"/><CommentaryRef Ref="c19263221"/> Exercise of functions of Secretary of State by Governors and others.431Subject to subsection (3), the Secretary of State may, in the case of any of his functions under this Act with respect to any of the matters mentioned in subsection (2), make arrangements for that function to be exercised—ain any of the Islands, by the Lieutenant-Governor in cases concerning British citizens or British citizenship;bin any British overseas territory. . . , by the Governor in cases concerning British overseas territories citizens or British overseas territories citizenshipand in cases concerning British Nationals (Overseas) or the status of a British National (Overseas)2The said matters are—aregistration and naturalisation; andbrenunciation, resumption and deprivation of British citizenship or British overseas territories citizenship.crenunciation and deprivation of the status of a British National (Overseas).3Nothing in this section applies in the case of any power to make regulations or rules conferred on the Secretary of State by this Act.4Arrangements under subsection (1) may provide for any such function as is there mentioned to be exercisable only with the approval of the Secretary of State.S. 43 amended by S.I. 1986/948, art. 7(6)(a)Words in s. 43(1)(b) substituted (26.2.2002) by British Overseas Territories Act 2002 (c. 8), s. 1(1)(b)Words in s. 43(1)(b) repealed (26.2.2002) by British Overseas Territories Act 2002 (c. 8), s. 7, Sch. 2Words in s. 43(1)(b) substituted (26.2.2002) by British Overseas Territories Act 2002 (c. 8), s. 2(2)(b)Words in s. 43 substituted (26.2.2002) by British Overseas Territories Act 2002 (c. 8), s. 2(2)(a)By S.I. 1986/948, art. 7(6)(b) it is provided that s. 43 shall have effect as if in subsection (1)(b) at the end there were inserted the words “and in cases concerning British Nationals (Overseas) or the status of a British National (Overseas)”By S.I. 1986/948, art. 7(6)(c) it is provided that s. 43 shall have effect as if in sub-section (2) at the end there were inserted paragraph (c)Pt. V (ss. 36–53) extended by S.I. 1983/882, art. 3(5)Ss. 40, 40A substituted (1.4.2003) for s. 40 by Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (c. 41), ss. 4(1)(4), 162 (with s. 159); S.I. 2003/754, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 (with arts. 3, 4, Sch. 2 (as amended by S.I. 2003/1040, art. 2 and S.I. 2003/1339, art. 4))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)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)
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Part V
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Miscellaneous and Supplementary
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<Pnumber>3</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>Nothing in this section applies in the case of any power to make regulations or rules conferred on the Secretary of State by this Act.</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1981/61/section/43/4/2004-01-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1981/61/section/43/4" id="section-43-4">
<Pnumber>4</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>Arrangements under subsection (1) may provide for any such function as is there mentioned to be exercisable only with the approval of the Secretary of State.</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
</P1para>
</P1>
</P1group>
</Part>
</Body>
</Primary>
<Commentaries>
<Commentary id="c8126911" Type="C">
<Para>
<Text>
<CitationSubRef id="c01215" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1981/61/section/43" SectionRef="section-43">S. 43</CitationSubRef>
amended by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1986/948" id="c01216" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="1986" Number="948">S.I. 1986/948</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef CitationRef="c01216" id="c01217" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1986/948/article/7/6/a" Operative="true" SectionRef="article-7-6-a">art. 7(6)(a)</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c16922321" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
Words in
<CitationSubRef id="c01218" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1981/61/section/43/1/b" SectionRef="section-43-1-b">s. 43(1)(b)</CitationSubRef>
substituted (26.2.2002) by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2002/8" id="c01219" Year="2002" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="8" Title="British Overseas Territories Act 2002">British Overseas Territories Act 2002 (c. 8)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c01220" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2002/8/section/1/1/b" CitationRef="c01219" SectionRef="section-1-1-b" Operative="true">s. 1(1)(b)</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c16922421" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
Words in
<CitationSubRef id="c01221" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1981/61/section/43/1/b" SectionRef="section-43-1-b">s. 43(1)(b)</CitationSubRef>
repealed (26.2.2002) by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2002/8" id="c01222" Year="2002" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="8" Title="British Overseas Territories Act 2002">British Overseas Territories Act 2002 (c. 8)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c01223" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2002/8/section/7" CitationRef="c01222" SectionRef="section-7">s. 7</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c01224" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2002/8/schedule/2" CitationRef="c01222" SectionRef="schedule-2" Operative="true">Sch. 2</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c16922391" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
Words in
<CitationSubRef id="c01225" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1981/61/section/43/1/b" SectionRef="section-43-1-b">s. 43(1)(b)</CitationSubRef>
substituted (26.2.2002) by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2002/8" id="c01226" Year="2002" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="8" Title="British Overseas Territories Act 2002">British Overseas Territories Act 2002 (c. 8)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c01227" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2002/8/section/2/2/b" CitationRef="c01226" SectionRef="section-2-2-b" Operative="true">s. 2(2)(b)</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c16922371" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
Words in
<CitationSubRef id="c01228" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1981/61/section/43" SectionRef="section-43">s. 43</CitationSubRef>
substituted (26.2.2002) by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2002/8" id="c01229" Year="2002" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="8" Title="British Overseas Territories Act 2002">British Overseas Territories Act 2002 (c. 8)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c01230" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2002/8/section/2/2/a" CitationRef="c01229" SectionRef="section-2-2-a" Operative="true">s. 2(2)(a)</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c8126921" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
By
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1986/948" id="c01231" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="1986" Number="948">S.I. 1986/948</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef CitationRef="c01231" id="c01232" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1986/948/article/7/6" Operative="true" SectionRef="article-7-6">art. 7(6)</CitationSubRef>
(
<Emphasis>b</Emphasis>
) it is provided that
<CitationSubRef CitationRef="c01231" id="c01233" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1981/61/section/43" SectionRef="section-43">s. 43</CitationSubRef>
shall have effect as if in subsection (1)(
<Emphasis>b</Emphasis>
) at the end there were inserted the words “and in cases concerning British Nationals (Overseas) or the status of a British National (Overseas)”
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c8126931" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
By
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1986/948" id="c01234" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="1986" Number="948">S.I. 1986/948</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef CitationRef="c01234" id="c01235" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1986/948/article/7/6" Operative="true" SectionRef="article-7-6">art. 7(6)</CitationSubRef>
(
<Emphasis>c</Emphasis>
) it is provided that
<CitationSubRef CitationRef="c01234" id="c01236" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1981/61/section/43" SectionRef="section-43">s. 43</CitationSubRef>
shall have effect as if in sub-section (2) at the end there were inserted paragraph (
<Emphasis>c</Emphasis>
)
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c8126281" Type="C">
<Para>
<Text>
<CitationSubRef id="c01521" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1981/61/part/V" SectionRef="part-V">Pt. V</CitationSubRef>
(ss. 36–53) extended by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1983/882" id="c01522" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="1983" Number="882">S.I. 1983/882</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef CitationRef="c01522" id="c01523" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1983/882/article/3/5" Operative="true" SectionRef="article-3-5">art. 3(5)</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c19261791" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
Ss. 40, 40A substituted (1.4.2003) for s. 40 by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2002/41" id="c01526" Year="2002" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="41" Title="Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002">Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (c. 41)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef CitationRef="c01526" id="c01527" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2002/41/section/4/1/4" SectionRef="section-4-1-4" Operative="true">ss. 4(1)(4)</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef CitationRef="c01526" id="c01528" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2002/41/section/162" SectionRef="section-162">162</CitationSubRef>
(with
<CitationSubRef CitationRef="c01526" id="c01529" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2002/41/section/159" SectionRef="section-159">s. 159</CitationSubRef>
);
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2003/754" id="c01530" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="2003" Number="754">S.I. 2003/754</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef CitationRef="c01530" id="c01531" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2003/754/article/2/1" SectionRef="article-2-1" Operative="true">art. 2(1)</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef CitationRef="c01530" id="c01532" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2003/754/schedule/1" SectionRef="schedule-1">Sch. 1</CitationSubRef>
(with
<CitationSubRef CitationRef="c01530" id="c01533" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2003/754/article/3" SectionRef="article-3">arts. 3</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef CitationRef="c01530" id="c01534" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2003/754/article/4" SectionRef="article-4">4</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef CitationRef="c01530" id="c01535" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2003/754/schedule/2" SectionRef="schedule-2">Sch. 2</CitationSubRef>
(as amended by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2003/1040" id="c01536" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="2003" Number="1040">S.I. 2003/1040</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef CitationRef="c01536" id="c01537" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2003/1040/article/2" SectionRef="article-2">art. 2</CitationSubRef>
and
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2003/1339" id="c01538" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="2003" Number="1339">S.I. 2003/1339</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef CitationRef="c01538" id="c01539" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2003/1339/article/4" SectionRef="article-4">art. 4</CitationSubRef>
))
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c19263201" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
<CitationSubRef id="c01546" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1981/61/section/42" UpTo="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1981/61/section/42B" Type="group" StartSectionRef="section-42" EndSectionRef="section-42B">Ss. 42-42B</CitationSubRef>
substituted (1.1.2004) for s. 42 by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2002/41" id="c01547" Year="2002" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="41" Title="Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002">Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (c. 41)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef CitationRef="c01547" id="c01548" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2002/41/section/3" SectionRef="section-3">ss. 3</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef CitationRef="c01547" id="c01549" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2002/41/section/162" SectionRef="section-162">162</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef CitationRef="c01547" id="c01550" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2002/41/schedule/1/paragraph/1" SectionRef="schedule-1-paragraph-1" Operative="true">Sch. 1 para. 1</CitationSubRef>
(with
<CitationSubRef CitationRef="c01547" id="c01551" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2002/41/section/159" SectionRef="section-159">s. 159</CitationSubRef>
);
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2003/3156" id="c01552" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="2003" Number="3156">S.I. 2003/3156</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef CitationRef="c01552" id="c01553" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2003/3156/article/2/a" SectionRef="article-2-a" Operative="true">art. 2(a)</CitationSubRef>
(with
<CitationSubRef CitationRef="c01552" id="c01554" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2003/3156/article/3" SectionRef="article-3">arts. 3</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef CitationRef="c01552" id="c01555" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2003/3156/article/4" SectionRef="article-4">4</CitationSubRef>
)
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c19263221" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
<CitationSubRef id="c01556" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1981/61/section/42" UpTo="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1981/61/section/42B" Type="group" StartSectionRef="section-42" EndSectionRef="section-42B">Ss. 42-42B</CitationSubRef>
substituted (1.1.2004) for s. 42 by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2002/41" id="c01557" Year="2002" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="41" Title="Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002">Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (c. 41)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef CitationRef="c01557" id="c01558" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2002/41/section/3" SectionRef="section-3">ss. 3</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef CitationRef="c01557" id="c01559" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2002/41/section/162" SectionRef="section-162">162</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef CitationRef="c01557" id="c01560" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2002/41/schedule/1/paragraph/1" SectionRef="schedule-1-paragraph-1" Operative="true">Sch. 1 para. 1</CitationSubRef>
(with
<CitationSubRef CitationRef="c01557" id="c01561" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2002/41/section/159" SectionRef="section-159">s. 159</CitationSubRef>
);
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2003/3156" id="c01562" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="2003" Number="3156">S.I. 2003/3156</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef CitationRef="c01562" id="c01563" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2003/3156/article/2/a" SectionRef="article-2-a" Operative="true">art. 2(a)</CitationSubRef>
(with
<CitationSubRef CitationRef="c01562" id="c01564" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2003/3156/article/3" SectionRef="article-3">arts. 3</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef CitationRef="c01562" id="c01565" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2003/3156/article/4" SectionRef="article-4">4</CitationSubRef>
)
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
</Commentaries>
</Legislation>