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NOTE FOR EXECUTIVE COUNCIL
(BOC)
British Overseas Citizen/passports
vis a vis BN(0) passports
INTRODUCTION
At the meeting of 4 May, Members asked for an
information note on the BOC status after discussion of a
recent media exchange on the subject. At the meeting on
18 May, Members asked for an information note on the
difference between the BN(0) passport and the BOC
passport. This note responds to both requests which
overlap.
BACKGROUND
The Origin of BOC Status
2.
BOC status came into existence with the
commencement of the British Nationality Act 1981 in 1983,
those
for a
minority of people who were previously
Citizens of the United Kingdom and Colonies who did not
become British Citizens or British Dependent Territories
a connection with These were people who had been settled in an
Citizens.
(amongst others
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