British Nationality Act 1948

GPTKB entity

Properties (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf legislation
gptkbp:addressed issues of statelessness
gptkbp:allows naturalization_of_Commonwealth_citizens
gptkbp:amends subsequent legislation
gptkbp:context post-World_War_II_era
gptkbp:createdBy new categories of nationality
gptkbp:defines British_subject
Commonwealth_citizen
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkb:British_Nationality_Act_1981
gptkbp:established gptkb:Commonwealth_citizenship
gptkb:British_citizenship
status_of_British_subjects
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label British Nationality Act 1948
gptkbp:impact gptkb:citizens_of_the_United_Kingdom
migration patterns
citizens_of_the_British_Empire
gptkbp:includes provisions for registration
provisions for renunciation
gptkbp:influenced subsequent nationality policies
gptkbp:influencedBy previous nationality laws
gptkbp:isActiveIn legal commentaries
gptkbp:isCitedIn gptkb:House_of_Lords
House of Commons
legal cases
gptkbp:isConsidered a_landmark_in_British_legal_history
gptkbp:isCriticizedFor opposition parties
gptkbp:isDiscussedIn historical analyses
gptkbp:isExaminedBy political discussions
gptkbp:isFacilitatedBy debates on citizenship rights
gptkbp:isInfluencedBy international law
gptkbp:isPartOf British_constitutional_law
British_legal_framework
gptkbp:isReferencedIn academic studies
gptkbp:isReflectedIn later nationality legislation
gptkbp:isRelatedTo British_citizenship_debates
gptkbp:isStudiedIn law schools
gptkbp:isVisitedBy subsequent_acts_of_Parliament
gptkbp:ledTo gptkb:British_Nationality_Act_1981
gptkbp:operates gptkb:Home_Office
gptkbp:provides rights_to_reside_in_the_UK
gptkbp:purpose to_define_British_nationality
gptkbp:recognizes rights of overseas citizens
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:British_Empire
decolonization
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:British_Nationality_Act_1981
gptkbp:significance first comprehensive nationality legislation in the UK
gptkbp:wasPartOf post-war reconstruction efforts
Labour government
gptkbp:wasSupportedBy civil rights groups
gptkbp:yearEstablished 1948-07-01