Section 4E: The general conditions

British Nationality Act 1981 · 1981 c. 61View on legislation.gov.uk

Part I: British Citizenship

For the purposes of sections 4F to 4I, a person (“P”) meets the general conditions if—

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
at the time of P's birth, P's mother—
was not married, or
was married to a person other than P's natural father;
no person is treated as the father of P under section 28 of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990 or under section 35 or 36 of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008;
no person is treated as a parent of P under section 42 or 43 of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008; and
P has never been a British citizen.

About this text

This legislation text comes from legislation.gov.uk. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. These source and reuse terms cover the legislation text, not Remedy's commentary.

Reuse reviewed 21 August 2026 under Open Government Licence v3.0.