APPENDIX D
GLOSSARY
1. This glossary is intended merely as an explanation of the various terms and expressions used in the paper; it has no legal authority as an interpretation of those terms or expressions and, in particular, when referring to the holders of a nationality status it assumes that the persons concerned have not renounced or forfeited it.
2. The following terms and expressions are used in the British Nationality Acts.
(a) British Subject/Commonwealth citizen
These terms are synonymous. Citizens of the United Kingdom and Colonies and citizens of the independent Commonwealth countries all hold the additional status of British Subject/Commonwealth citizen. There are also persons whose basic status is British Subject and who do not possess the citizenship of any Commonwealth country (see references below to British Subjects without Citizenship, British Subjects by virtue of section 2 of the British Nationality Act 1948, and British Subjects by virtue of section 1 of the British Nationality Act 1965).
(b) Citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies
This status is held by:-
(i) persons who, or whose fathers, were born, naturalised, or registered under the British Nationality Acts in the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands or Isle of Man, or in any of the remaining colonies, or in any of the Associated States in the West Indies;
(ii) persons born in foreign countries whose fathers were Citizens of the United Kingdom and Colonies by descent and whose births have been registered at a British Consulate;
(iii) persons who, or whose fathers, derive their citizenship from a connection with a former colony or other dependency but who did not acquire the new country's citizenship automatically at independence;
(iv) certain persons who have been adopted in the United Kingdom by a
Citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies.
(c) British Subject without Citizenship
British Subjects without Citizenship are persons born before 1 January 1949 who were British Subjects by reason of their connection with former British India but did not become citizens of India or Pakistan when those countries introduced their own citizenships after independence, usually because they were not living in one of them at the time.
(d) British Subjects by virtue of section 2 of the British Nationality Act 1948 These are citizens of the Republic of Ireland, born before 1 January 1949, who were then British Subjects and have remained British Subjects by making a formal claim under section 2 of the 1948 Act.
(e) British Subjects by virtue of section 1 of the British Nationality Act 1965 These are women who have been registered as British Subjects under the 1965 Act by reason of their marriage to a British Subject without Citizenship (c. above) or a British Subject by virtue of section 2 of the 1948 Act (d. above).
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(f) British Protected Persons
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British Protected Persons are not British Subjects/Commonwealth citizens; e they aliens. Most of those remaining are nationals of Brunei. Some are persons who were connected with former protectorates or former trust terri- tories but have not become citizens of those countries.
(g) Aliens
An alien is a person who is not:-
(i) a British Subject/Commonwealth citizen;
(ii) a British Protected Person; or
(iii) a citizen of the Republic of Ireland.
The term 'foreigner' has no meaning in British nationality law, though nowa- days it is generally preferred to the term 'alien'. Other expressions such as 'British citizen', 'British national', ‘United Kingdom citizen', and 'citizen of the United Kingdom', although commonly used, have no meaning in current nationality law.
3. The expression 'United Kingdom national for European Community purposes' is not defined in current nationality law-it covers persons who:-
(a) have a national status as at 2(b), (c), (d) or (e) above, and who have the right of abode in the United Kingdom and are therefore exempt from United Kingdom immigration control;
(b) are Citizens of the United Kingdom and Colonies by birth or by registra- tion or naturalisation in Gibraltar, or whose fathers were so born, registered or naturalised.
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