41 Regulations and Orders in Council
British Nationality Act 1981 (1981 c 61) | Legislation

41  Regulations and Orders in Council

(1)     The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision generally for carrying into effect the purposes of this Act, and in particular provision—

(a)     for prescribing anything which under this Act is to be prescribed;

(b)     for prescribing the manner in which, and the persons to and by whom, applications for registration or naturalisation under any provision of this Act may or must be made;

[(bza)     requiring an application for registration or naturalisation of a person as a British citizen to be accompanied by biometric information, or enabling an authorised person to require an individual to whom such an application relates to provide biometric information;]

[(ba)     for determining whether a person has sufficient knowledge of a language for the purpose of an application for naturalisation;

(bb)     for determining whether a person has sufficient knowledge about life in the United Kingdom for the purpose of an application for naturalisation;]

(c)     for the registration of anything required or authorised by or under this Act to be registered;

[(d)     for the time within which an obligation to make a citizenship oath and pledge at a citizenship ceremony must be satisfied;

(da)     for the time within which

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