Schedule 1 amends the British Nationality Act 1981 to allow the Secretary of State to waive the requirement that a person must have been in the United Kingdom or a relevant territory at the start of the relevant period, in relation to an application for citizenship under—
section 4 of that Act (acquisition of British citizenship by registration: British overseas territories citizens etc),
section 6 of that Act (acquisition of British citizenship by naturalisation), or
section 18 of that Act (acquisition of British overseas territories citizenship by naturalisation).
Schedule 1 also amends the British Nationality Act 1981 to allow the Secretary of State to treat a person who has indefinite leave to enter or remain as meeting certain residence requirements in relation to an application for citizenship under those sections.
In the Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Act 2009—
omit sections 39, 40, 41(1) to (3) and 49(2) and (3) (uncommenced provisions relating to requirements for naturalisation as a British citizen);
in section 41(4), for “that section” substitute .“section 41 of the British Nationality Act 1981 (regulations)”
In the Citizenship (Armed Forces) Act 2014, in section 1, omit subsection (4) (amendments to section 39 of the Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Act 2009).