British Nationality Act 1948

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/British_Nationality_Act_1948
GPTKB entity
Statements (30)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Act_of_Parliament
gptkbp:appliesTo gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkb:British_Colonies
gptkbp:citation gptkb:11_&_12_Geo._6._c._56
gptkbp:created gptkb:Citizen_of_the_United_Kingdom_and_Colonies
gptkb:British_subject
gptkbp:dateEnacted 1948
gptkbp:effect allowed people from colonies to claim British citizenship
enabled migration from Commonwealth countries to the UK
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:enteredIntoForce 1 January 1949
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label British Nationality Act 1948
gptkbp:longTitle An Act to make provision for British nationality and for citizenship of the United Kingdom and Colonies; to amend the status of British subjects; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Windrush_generation_migration
gptkbp:purpose to create the status of Citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies
to define British nationality law
gptkbp:receivedRoyalAssent 30 July 1948
gptkbp:relatedLegislation gptkb:British_Nationality_Act_1964
gptkb:British_Nationality_Act_1965
gptkb:British_Nationality_Act_1981
gptkbp:repealedBy gptkb:British_Nationality_Act_1981
gptkbp:repealedSectionsOf gptkb:British_Nationality_and_Status_of_Aliens_Act_1914
gptkbp:significance first comprehensive nationality law for the United Kingdom and Colonies
gptkbp:status repealed
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:British_naturalization_law
gptkb:British_subjects
gptkb:Canadian_Citizenship_Act_1946
gptkb:British_nationality_law
gptkb:British_Nationality_Act_1981
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6