The British Nationality (General) Regulations 2003

PART III U.K. RENUNCIATION AND DEPRIVATION

Declarations of renunciation U.K.

8.  Any declaration of renunciation of British citizenship, British Overseas citizenship or the status of a British subject shall—

(a) be made to the appropriate authority specified in regulation 9; and

(b) satisfy the requirements of Schedule 5.

Authority to whom declaration of renunciation is to be made U.K.

9.  The authority to whom a declaration of renunciation is to be made is as follows:

(a) if the declarant is in Great Britain or Northern Ireland, to the Secretary of State at the Home Office;

(b) if the declarant is in any of the Islands, to the Lieutenant-Governor;

(c) if the declarant is in a British overseas territory, to the Governor;

F1 (d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F2 (e) if the declarant is elsewhere, to the Secretary of State at the Home Office.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Reg. 9(d) omitted (12.11.2015) by virtue of The British Nationality (General) (Amendment No. 3) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/1806), regs. 1, 6

F2 Reg. 9(e) substituted (16.7.2012) by The British Nationality (General) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/1588), regs. 1, 2(5)

Notice of proposed deprivation of citizenship U.K.

10.—(1) Where it is proposed to make an order under section 40 of the Act M1 depriving a person of a citizenship status, the notice required by section 40(5) of the Act to be given to that person may be given—

(a) in a case where that person’s whereabouts are known, by causing the notice to be delivered to him personally or by sending it to him by post;

(b) in a case where that person’s whereabouts are not known, by sending it by post in a letter addressed to him at his last known address.

(2) If a notice required by section 40(5) of the Act is given to a person appearing to the Secretary of State or, as appropriate, the Governor or Lieutenant-Governor to represent the person to whom notice under section 40(5) is intended to be given, it shall be deemed to have been given to that person.

(3) A notice required to be given by section 40(5) of the Act shall, unless the contrary is proved, be deemed to have been given—

(a) where the notice is sent by post from and to a place within the United Kingdom, on the second day after it was sent;

(b) where the notice is sent by post from or to a place outside the United Kingdom, on the twenty-eighth day after it was sent, and

(c) in any other case on the day on which the notice was delivered.

Marginal Citations

M1 Section 40 is amended by section 4 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (c. 41).

Cancellation of registration of person deprived of citizenship U.K.

11.  Where an order has been made depriving a person who has a citizenship status by virtue of registration (whether under the Act or under the former nationality Acts) of that citizenship status, the name of that person shall be removed from the relevant register.

Cancellation of certificate of naturalisation in case of deprivation of citizenship U.K.

12.  Where an order has been made depriving a person who has a citizenship status by virtue of the grant of a certificate of naturalisation (whether under the Act or under the former nationality Acts) of that citizenship status, the person so deprived or any other person in possession of the relevant certificate of naturalisation shall, if required by notice in writing given by the authority by whom the order was made, deliver up the said certificate to such person, and within such time, as may be specified in the notice; and the said certificate shall thereupon be cancelled or amended.