Abstract: La Ley 12/2015 en materia de concesión de la nacionalidad Española a los sefardies originarios de España enacted on June 11, 2015, received Royal Assent on June 24 and came into force and effect on October 1, 2015 (the “law “, “ legislation” “legislative scheme”).
The objects of this paper are twofold; first, to set out the key provisions of the legislation read in tandem with the Instructions issued on September 29, 2015(“Instructions”) by the General Directorate of the Registries and Notaries (“DGRN”) and, second, to identify and analyze the significant issues raised by a fair number of these provisions and by the legislation as a whole.
Clearly, the legislation does not stand on its own provisions as these are not exhaustive of all the matters affecting the acquisition of nationality. In some instances, in order to obtain a better understanding of the legislative scheme, some of its provisions need to be read and interpreted in conjunction with those of other legislation. Due to the constraints of space, this paper focuses primarily on the provisions of the legislation that stand on their own, save where the rationale for one particular provision are meant to be read together with some of the Spanish Constitution
