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CONTENTS

Preface

INTRODUCTION

THE CURRENT NATIONALITY LAW

The British Nationality Act 1948

Changes since the 1948 Act

The present situation

THE NEXT STEP - A NEW SCHEME OF CITIZENSHIP

A BRITISH CITIZENSHIP

Transitional arrangements:

(a) Groups of citizens of the United Kingdom

and Colonies who might become British

Citizens

paragraph

1

3?

14

15

21

(b) Other groups of persons eligible to hold

British passports who might become

British Citizens

26.

The impact of these changes on the right to live in the United Kingdom:

(a) Those who would acquire the right of entry

for the first time

29

(b) Possible arrangements for those who have

the right of entry but would not become

British Citizens

31

British Citizenship and the right of free movement

within the European Community

Permanent arrangements:

(a) Citizenship by birth

(b) Citizenship by adoption

32

33

34

37

(c) Citizenship by descent

Descent through the female line

39

40

The limits of citizenship by descent

44