DECLARATION
by the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Northern Ireland on the definition of the term 'nationals'.
Having regard to the entry into force of the British Nationality Act 1981, the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland make the following Declaration, which will replace, as from 1 January 1983, 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)
(c)
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;
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'.'