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2004 No. 1726

BRITISH NATIONALITY

The British Nationality (General) (Amendment) Regulations 2004

Made

7th July 2004

Laid before Parliament

7th July 2004

Coming into force

28th July 2004

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 41(1)(b), (ba) and (1A) of the British Nationality Act 1981( 1 ) hereby makes the following Regulations:

1. —(1) These Regulations may be cited as the British Nationality (General) (Amendment) Regulations 2004 and shall come into force on 28th July 2004.

(2) Nothing in these Regulations shall affect any application for naturalisation as a British citizen made before the coming into force of these Regulations.

2. The British Nationality (General) Regulations 2003( 2 ) shall be amended as follows.

3. After regulation 5, there is inserted:

“ Knowledge of language

5A. —(1) A person has sufficient knowledge of the English language for the purpose of an application for naturalisation as a British citizen under section 6 of the Act if—

(a) he possesses a certificate showing that he has attained an ESOL skills for life Entry 3 qualification approved by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority; or

(b) the person designated by the Secretary of State under paragraph (2) below certifies in writing that he has a sufficient knowledge of the English language for this purpose.

(2) The Secretary of State may designate a person to determine sufficiency of knowledge of the English language for the purpose of an application for naturalisation under section 6 of the Act where an applicant—

(a) does not possess the certificate described in paragraph (1)(a) above; but

(b) possesses a different qualification granted by an educational institution, whether in the United Kingdom or elsewhere, which the applicant claims to be equivalent to, or to exceed, the level of proficiency in the English language referred to as ESOL Entry 3 in the document published in 2001 by the Department for Education and Skills entitled “Adult ESOL core curriculum” ( ISBN 1-84185-640-1). ” .

4. In Schedule 2, in paragraph 14(1)(b), for “and good character” substitute “, good character and knowledge of language”.

Des Browne

Minister of State

Home Office

7th July 2004

( 1 )

1981 c. 61 . Section 41(1)(ba) and (1A) are inserted by section 1(3) and (4) of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (c. 41) .

( 2 )

S.I. 2003/548 ; as amended by S.I. 2003/3158 .

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