CONTENTS
Preface
INTRODUCTION
THE CURRENT NATIONALITY LAW
The British Nationality Act 1948
Changes since the 1948 Act
The present situation
THE NEXT STEP - A NEW SCHEME OF CITIZENSHIP
A BRITISH CITIZENSHIP
Transitional arrangements:
(a) Groups of citizens of the United Kingdom
and Colonies who might become British
Citizens
paragraph
1
3?
14
15
21
(b) Other groups of persons eligible to hold
British passports who might become
British Citizens
26.
The impact of these changes on the right to live in the United Kingdom:
(a) Those who would acquire the right of entry
for the first time
29
(b) Possible arrangements for those who have
the right of entry but would not become
British Citizens
31
British Citizenship and the right of free movement
within the European Community
Permanent arrangements:
(a) Citizenship by birth
(b) Citizenship by adoption
32
33
34
37
(c) Citizenship by descent
Descent through the female line
39
40
The limits of citizenship by descent
44