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DECLARATION
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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:
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(a) British citizens
(b) Persons who are British subjects by virtue of
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;
(c) British Dependent Territories citizens who have
an appropriate qualifying connection with Gibraltar.
For this purpose, a British Dependent Territories citizen shall be regarded as having an appropriate
qualifying connection with Gibraltar if he or his father for his mother)
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