PART V
Meaning of certain expressions relating to
nationality in
other Acts and
instruments.
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British Nationality
(12) References in this Act to any country mentioned in Schedule 3 include references to the dependencies of that country.
(13) Her Majesty may by Order in Council subject to annul- ment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament 5 amend Schedule 6 in any of the following circumstances, namely
(a) where the name of any colony or associated state men-
tioned in it is altered; or
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divided into two or more territories, each of those terri- tories being a colony or an associated state.
51.-(1) Without prejudice to subsection (3)(c), in any enact- ment or instrument whatever passed or made before commence. ment British subject" and "Commonwealth citizen" have the 15 same meaning, that is-
(a) in relation to any time before commencement—
(i) a person who under the 1948 Act was at that time a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies or who, under any enactment then in force in a 20 country mentioned in section 1(3) of that Act as then in force, was at that time a citizen of that country; and
(ii) any other person who had at that time the status of a British subject under that Act or any 25 other enactment then in force;
(b) in relation to any time after commencement, a person who has the status of a Commonwealth citizen under this Act.
(2) In any enactment or instrument whatever passed or made 30 after commencement-
British subject" means a person who has the status of
a British subject under this Act;
"Commonwealth citizen" means a person who has the status of a Commonwealth citizen under this Act.
(3) In any enactment or instrument whatever passed or made before commencement-
(a) "citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies
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(b) any reference to ceasing to be a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies shall, in relation to any time after commencement, be construed as a reference to becoming a person who is neither a British citizen nor a citizen of the British Dependent Territories nor a British Overseas citizen;
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(c) any reference to a person who is a British subject (or a British subject without citizenship) by virtue of section 2, 13, or 16 of the 1948 Act or by virtue of, or of section 1 of, the British Nationality Act 1965 shall, in 1965 c. 34. relation to any time after commencement, be construed as a reference to a person who under this Act is a British subject.
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(4) In any statutory provision, whether passed or made before 15 or after commencement, and in any other instrument whatever made after commencement alien", in relation to any time after commencement, means a person who is neither a Common- wealth citizen nor a British protected person nor a citizen of the Republic of Ireland.
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(5) The preceding provisions of this section-
(a) shall not apply in cases where the context otherwise
requires; and
(b) shall not apply to this Act or to any instrument made
under this Act.
52.-(1) In any enactment or instrument whatever passed or Consequential made before commencement, for any reference to section 1(3) of amendments, the 1948 Act (list of countries whose citizens are Common- transitional
provisions, wealth citizens under that Act) there shall be substituted a repeals and reference to Schedule 3 to this Act, unless the context makes savings. 30 that substitution inappropriate.
(2) Subject to subsection (3), Her Majesty may by Order in Council make such consequential modifications of—
(a) any enactment of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
passed before commencement;
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(b) any provision contained in any Northern Ireland legis-
lation passed or made before commencement; or
(c) any instrument made before commencement under any
such enactment or provision,
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(i) in relation to any time before commencement, means a person who under the 1948 Act was at that 40 time a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies;
as appear to Her necessary or expedient for preserving after 40 commencement the substantive effect of that enactment, pro-
vision or instrument.
(ii) in relation to any time after commencement, means a person who under this Act is a British citizen, a citizen of the British Dependent Territories or a British Overseas citizen;
(3) Subsection (2) shall not apply in relation to
(a) the Immigration Act 1971; or
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(b) any provision of this Act not contained in Schedule 7. (203)
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