<P> The Home Office does not issue information on these cases and is resistant to answering questions, for example under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 . As of 15 July 2013 at least 17 people had been deprived of their British citizenship, in most cases on the recommendation of MI5 . It appears that the government usually waits until the person has left Britain, then sends a warning notice to their British home and signs a deprivation order a day or two later . Appeals are heard at the highly secretive Special Immigration Appeals Commission (SIAC), where the government can submit evidence that cannot be seen or challenged by the appellant . </P> <P> Previously since 2003 under the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002, British nationals could be deprived of their citizenship only if the Secretary of State was satisfied they were responsible for acts seriously prejudicial to the vital interests of the United Kingdom or an Overseas Territory . </P> <P> British nationals who are naturalised or registered may lose British nationality if it was obtained by fraud or concealment of a material fact . The nationality laws of the US, Canada and Australia have similar provisions to revoke local nationality from citizens who gained such citizenship via naturalisation . </P> <P> Since the British Nationality Act of 1948, there is in general no restriction in UK law on a British national holding citizenship of other countries . </P>

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