DAMET
DECLARATION
by the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland on the definition of the term
'nationals'.
Consequent upon the enactment of the British Nationality Act 1981, the Government of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Northern Ireland make the following
Declaration, which replaces that made at the time of signature of the Treaty of Accession by the United Kingdom to the European Communities:
'As to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the terms 'nationals', 'nationals of
Member States' or 'nationals of Member States and overseas
countries and territories' wherever used in the Treaty
establishing the European Economic Community, the Treaty
establishing the European Atomic Energy Community or the
Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community
or in any of the Community acts deriving from those
Treaties, are to be understood to refer to:
(a) British citizens
(b) Persons who are British subjects by virtue of
(c)
Part IV of the British Nationality Act 1981 and who
have the right of abode in the United Kingdom
and are therefore exempt from United Kingdom
immigration control;
British Dependent Territories citizens who acquire their citizenship from a connection with Gibraltar .
The reference in Article 6 of the third Protocol to the Act of
Accession of 22 January 1972, on the Channel Islands and the Isle
of Man, to 'any citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies' is to
be understood as referring to 'any British citizen'
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