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<p>The Nationality and Borders Act 2022 amends provisions concerning the requirement
to give notice before making a deprivation order. The power to deprive an individual
of British citizenship is provided by section 40 of the British Nationality Act 1981.</p><p>
</p><p>The British Nationality Act 1981 provides the Secretary of State with powers
to deprive a person of citizenship status on ‘conducive to the public good’ grounds,
or where a person obtained citizenship by means of fraud, false representation or
concealment of material fact.</p><p> </p><p>Detail on the numbers of deprivation orders
made are published in reports which appear on the gov.uk website.</p><p>(<em>see the
Government Transparency Reports: Disruptive and Investigatory Powers, & an immigration
statistics report dated 23 February 2023</em>).</p><p> </p><p>The latest HMG Counter-Terrorism
Disruptive Powers Report 2021 lists conduct which the Government considers may mean
that it is ‘conducive to the public good’ to deprive.</p><p> </p><p>Reflecting the
serious nature of the power, every decision to deprive an individual on ‘conducive
to the public good’ grounds, is taken personally by the Home Secretary. Those decisions
are made following careful consideration of advice from officials and lawyers and
in accordance with international law, including the UN Convention on the Reduction
of Statelessness. Each case is assessed individually, and every decision comes with
a right of appeal.</p>
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