10 Notice of decision to deprive a person of citizenship

10  Notice of decision to deprive a person of citizenship

(1)     In this section, “the 1981 Act” means the British Nationality Act 1981.

(2)     In section 40 of the 1981 Act (deprivation of citizenship), after subsection (5) (which requires notice to be given to a person to be deprived of citizenship) insert—

“(5A)     Subsection (5) does not apply if—

(a)     the Secretary of State does not have the information needed to be able to give notice under that subsection,

(b)     the Secretary of State reasonably considers it necessary, in the interests of—

(i)     national security,

(ii)     the investigation or prosecution of organised or serious crime,

(iii)     preventing or reducing a risk to the safety of any person, or

(iv)     the relationship between the United Kingdom and another country,

that notice under that subsection should not be given.

(5B)     In subsection (5A), references to giving notice under subsection (5) are to giving that notice

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