CONFIDENTIAL
H. CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS TO THE IMMIGRATION ACT
114. The introduction of British Citizenship conferring the right of abode in the United Kingdom will call for consequential amendments to the
Immigration Act, and the proposed Nationality Bill will include these. Much of the amendment will consist of the replacement of the term 'patrial' which
will no longer be required, by reference to 'British Citizen'. The effect of
these provisions will be that, in the long term, the right of abode in the
United Kingdom will depend exclusively on the possession of British Citizenship.
But the right of abode at present enjoyed by Commonwealth citizens who will
not become British Citizens under the transitional provisions of the Bill will
not be affected.
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