Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006
The Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006 made a number of changes to the law including:
- allowing the Secretary of State to deprive a British national of his or her nationality on the basis of it being "conducive to the public good". This is a less stringent test than the requirement of the 2002 Act and came into force on 16 June 2006.
- allowing Right of Abode to be revoked on the same basis
- introducing a good character requirements for all acquisitions of British citizenship, with the exception of section 4B registration, registration on the grounds of statelessness and cases where the applicant is under 10 years old. This came into force on 4 December 2006.
Read more about this topic: History Of British Nationality Law
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