every ase repeat exactly the definitions of citizenship
in the British Nationality Act 1981. Under that scheme
there would have been five possible descriptions of national
status in British passports:
i) British Citizen for those with a right of abode in the
ii)
ii)
iv)
v)
United Kingdom.
British Dependent Territories Citizen (BDTC) plus the
name of the dependent territory for those with right
of abode in a particular dependent territory.
British Overseas Citizen (BOC) for those who
inherit a claim to citizenship which is not
reinforced by sufficient connection with the United
Kingdom or with a particular dependent territory to
give them the right of abode.
British Protected Person (BPP) for those whose
interests we would protect abroad but who have no
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claim to citizenship nor to any right of abode, in the United Kingdom or in a Dependent Territory.
British Subject for a small number of residuals who
for passport purposes can be bracketed with BPPs.
11 these categories apart from the first, British citizen,
re expected to diminish over the years; BDTCs as
ependencies become independent, and the remaining three categories
of
ecause the status of BOC BPP and of British Subject
in general
annot/be transmitted by descent.
The advantage of the system just described is that it
ies descriptions in passports firmly to the terms used in
he recent Nationality Act which in turn are compatible with
ur immigration legislation and practice. The drawback is
at these descriptions are definitions of citizenship and a description
ot of nationality which would be
more appropriate i
in
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