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in the UK and it is proposed that they should be issued with the
standard CFP. Where the holder does not enjoy full EC rights,
the passport will be endorsed accordingly on the observations page.
Passports issued in the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man under the
Lieutenant Governor's exercise of the royal prerogative will have
the name of the relevant Island printed on the front cover in place
of 'United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland'. This
is entirely a Home Office matter.
Dependent Territories
In the Dependent Territories, passports are issued under the
Governor's exercise of the royal prerogative and in theory those
territories are at liberty to adopt any form of passport they may
choose. However, we hope to steer the Governments concerned to adopt
the 'common format look-alike' but, as at present, with the name of
the territory printed on the front cover and the exhortation inside
in the name of the Governor instead of the Secretary of State.
The advantages of adopting the same basic format as the UK have
already been explained to the dependent territories and so far the
British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Hong Kong and Montserrat
have indicated that they would wish to follow this course.
8.
After consultations at official level with the Home Office,
whose ultimate responsibility this is, officials have therefore
agreed to propose to their respective Ministers that British nationals
without EC rights should be issued with a passport similar to the CFP
but omitting the words 'European Community' and the other
European languages, except French.
We call this the 'CFP look-alike'
since it faithfully copies the EC format except for the omission of
the exclusively European markings.
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