Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Act 2025
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42 Sections 40 and 41: consequential amendments
(1) In the Immigration Act 1971— (a) in section 8(1) (exceptions for seamen and aircrews) omit paragraph (d) and the “or” before it; (b) omit section 8AA (persons ineligible for leave to enter and remain, entry clearance and ETA); (c) in paragraph 17A of Schedule 2 (periods for which persons may be detained)— (i) in sub-paragraph (2) omit “(2C),”; (ii) in sub-paragraph (3) omit paragraph (d). (2) In the British Nationality Act 1981— (a) in section 3 (acquisition of British citizenship by registration: minors) omit subsection (7); (b) in section 4 (acquisition of British citizenship by registration: British overseas territories citizens etc) omit subsection (7); (c) in section 4A (acquisition of British citizenship by registration: further provision for British overseas territories citizens) omit subsection (3); (d) in section 4AA (acquisition of British citizenship by registration: Irish citizens) (as inserted by section 1(2) of the British Nationality (Irish Citizens) Act 2024) omit subsection (4); (e) in section 5 (acquisition of British citizenship by registration: British overseas territories citizens having connection with Gibraltar) omit “Subject to sections 31, 32 and 36 of the Illegal Migration Act 2023 (restriction of eligibility for citizenship etc),”; (f) in section 6 (acquisition of British citizenship by naturalisation) omit subsection (3); (g) in section 10 (registration as British citizen following renunciation of citizenship of UK etc) omit subsection (5); (h) in section 13 (resumption of British citizenship) omit subsection (4); (i) in section 17 (acquisition of British overseas territories citizenship by registration: minors) omit subsection (7); (j) in section 18 (acquisition of British overseas territories citizenship by naturalisation) omit subsection (4); (k) in section 22 (right to registration as British overseas territories citizen replacing right to resume citizenship of UK etc) omit subsection (5); (l) in section 24 (renunciation and resumption of British overseas territories citizenship) omit “Subject to sections 31, 33 and 36 of the Illegal Migration Act 2023 (restriction of eligibility for citizenship etc),”; (m) in section 27 (registration of minors as British overseas citizens), in subsection (1), omit “Subject to sections 31, 34 and 36 of the Illegal Migration Act 2023 (restriction of eligibility for citizenship etc),”; (n) in section 32 (registration of minors as British subjects) omit “Subject to sections 31, 35 and 36 of the Illegal Migration Act 2023 (restriction of eligibility for citizenship etc),”. (3) In section 62 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (detention by Secretary of State)— (a) in subsection (2O), for “to (2A)” substitute “and (2)”; (b) in subsection (2P) omit paragraph (b). (4) In section 61(2) of the UK Borders Act 2007 (meaning of “the Immigration Acts”), omit paragraph (o).
42 Sections 40 and 41: consequential amendments
(1) In the Immigration Act 1971— (a) in section 8(1) (exceptions for seamen and aircrews) omit paragraph (d) and the “or” before it; (b) omit section 8AA (persons ineligible for leave to enter and remain, entry clearance and ETA); (c) in paragraph 17A of Schedule 2 (periods for which persons may be detained)— (i) in sub-paragraph (2) omit “(2C),”; (ii) in sub-paragraph (3) omit paragraph (d). (2) In the British Nationality Act 1981— (a) in section 3 (acquisition of British citizenship by registration: minors) omit subsection (7); (b) in section 4 (acquisition of British citizenship by registration: British overseas territories citizens etc) omit subsection (7); (c) in section 4A (acquisition of British citizenship by registration: further provision for British overseas territories citizens) omit subsection (3); (d) in section 4AA (acquisition of British citizenship by registration: Irish citizens) (as inserted by section 1(2) of the British Nationality (Irish Citizens) Act 2024) omit subsection (4); (e) in section 5 (acquisition of British citizenship by registration: British overseas territories citizens having connection with Gibraltar) omit “Subject to sections 31, 32 and 36 of the Illegal Migration Act 2023 (restriction of eligibility for citizenship etc),”; (f) in section 6 (acquisition of British citizenship by naturalisation) omit subsection (3); (g) in section 10 (registration as British citizen following renunciation of citizenship of UK etc) omit subsection (5); (h) in section 13 (resumption of British citizenship) omit subsection (4); (i) in section 17 (acquisition of British overseas territories citizenship by registration: minors) omit subsection (7); (j) in section 18 (acquisition of British overseas territories citizenship by naturalisation) omit subsection (4); (k) in section 22 (right to registration as British overseas territories citizen replacing right to resume citizenship of UK etc) omit subsection (5); (l) in section 24 (renunciation and resumption of British overseas territories citizenship) omit “Subject to sections 31, 33 and 36 of the Illegal Migration Act 2023 (restriction of eligibility for citizenship etc),”; (m) in section 27 (registration of minors as British overseas citizens), in subsection (1), omit “Subject to sections 31, 34 and 36 of the Illegal Migration Act 2023 (restriction of eligibility for citizenship etc),”; (n) in section 32 (registration of minors as British subjects) omit “Subject to sections 31, 35 and 36 of the Illegal Migration Act 2023 (restriction of eligibility for citizenship etc),”. (3) In section 62 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (detention by Secretary of State)— (a) in subsection (2O), for “to (2A)” substitute “and (2)”; (b) in subsection (2P) omit paragraph (b). (4) In section 61(2) of the UK Borders Act 2007 (meaning of “the Immigration Acts”), omit paragraph (o).
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