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(c) any reference to a person who is a British subject (or a British subject without citizenship) by virtue of section 2, 13, or 16 of the 1948 Act or by virtue of, or of section 1 of, the British Nationality Act 1965 shall, in 1965 c. 34. relation to any time after commencement, be construed
as a reference to a person who under this Act is a British subject.
(4) In any statutory provision, whether passed or made before or after commencement, and in any other instrument whatever
CE made after commencement alien", in relation to any time after commencement, means a person who is neither a Common- wealth citizen nor a British protected person nor a citizen of the Republic of Ireland.
(5) The preceding provisions of this section-
(a) shall not apply in cases where the context otherwise
requires; and
(b) shall not apply to this Act or to any instrument made reference to Schedule 3 to this Act, unless the context makes that substitution inappropriate.
48.-(1) In any enactment or instrument whatever passed or Consequential made before commencement, for any reference to section 1(3) of amendments.
transitional the 1948 Act (list of countries whose citizens are Common-
provisions, wealth citizens under that Act) there shall be substituted a repeals and
savings. reference to Schedule 3 to this Act.
(2) Subject to subsection (3), Her Majesty may by Order 25 in Council make such consequential modifications of-
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(a) any enactment of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
passed before commencement;
(b) any provision contained in any Northern Ireland legis-
lation passed or made before commencement; or
(c) any instrument made before commencement under any
such enactment or provision,
as appear to Her necessary or expedient for preserving after commencement the substantive effect of that enactment, pro- vision or instrument.
35 (3) Subsection (2) shall not apply in relation to-
(a) the Immigration Act 1971; or
(b) any provision of this Act not contained in Schedule 7. (4) Any Order in Council made under subsection (2) shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either 40 House of Parliament.
(5) Any provision made by Order in Council under sub- section. (2) after commencement may be made with retrospec- tive effect as from commencement or any later date.
1971 c. 77.
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