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Nationality
8.
Subject to certain exceptions the EEC Treaty applies to
Gibraltar. (See Article 227(4) of the Treaty and Article 28 of
the Act of Accession.) Section 5 of the British Nationality Act
1981 enables Gibraltarians who are to be treated as nationals of
the UK for Community purposes to be registered as British
citizens. Since the Act commenced on 1 January 1983 about 4,000
(out of approximately 15,000 entitled persons) have applied.
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