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32c. 61
British Nationality Act 1981

Part V

(6) Schedule 4 (which contains further amendments of the 1971 c. 77.Immigration Act 1971) shall have effect.

(7) In section 90 of the 1959 c. 72.
1960 c. 61.
Mental Health Act 1959 and section 82 of the Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1960 (removal of nonpatrial in-patients to places outside the United Kingdom), for the words from “any patient” to “1971 and” (which were substituted for any person being an alien" by section 30(1) of the Immigration Act 1971) there shall be substituted “any patient who is neither a British citizen nor a Commonwealth citizen having the right of abode in the United Kingdom by virtue of section 2(1)(b) of the Immigration Act 1971, being a patient”.

(8) A certificate of patriality issued under the Immigration Act 1971 and in force immediately before commencement shall have effect after commencement as if it were a certificate of entitlement issued under that Act as amended by this section, unless at commencement the holder ceases to have the right of abode in the United Kingdom.

Deprivation of citizenship. 40.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this section, the Secretary of State may by order deprive any British citizen to whom this subsection applies of his British citzenship if the Secretary of State is satisfied that the registration or certificate of naturalisation by virtue of which he is such a citizen was obtained by means of fraud, false representation or the concealment of any material fact.

(2) Subsection (1) applies to any British citizen who—

(a) became a British citizen after commencement by virtue of—
(i) his registration as a British citizen under any provision of this Act; or
(ii) a certificate of naturalisation granted to him under section 6; or
(b) being immediately before commencement a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies by virtue of registration as such a citizen under any provision of the British Nationality Acts 1948 to 1964, became at commencement a British citizen; or
(c) at any time before commencement became a British subject (within the meaning of that expression at that time), or a citizen of Eire or of the Republic of Ireland, by virtue of a certificate of naturalisation granted to him or in which his name was included.
(3) Subject to the provisions of this section, the Secretary of State may by order deprive any British citizen to whom