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SUBJECT: NATIONALITY LEGISLATION DISSOLUTION OF THE UNITARY
FORM OF CITIZENSHIP
New nationality legislation will need to cater for the following categories of persons for whom HMG in the UK can act on the international plane at present:
British Protected
Person
British Subject without Citizenship
British Subject under Section 2 of the BNA 1948 Act
British Subjects under Section 1 of the BNA 1965
Citizens of the UK and Colonies (patrial and non-patrial)
Only a few remain, a vestige of former Protectorates and Protected states. An obsolescent category.
People of Indian or Pakistani origin who, when the 1948 Act came into force were regarded as 'potentially' citizens of India or Pakistan but who never actually acquired citizenship of those coun- tries and have never been given citizenship of the UK and Colonies. An obsolescent category.
Irish Citizens born before 1/1/49 who have elected to remain British Subjects by making a declaration to do so under Section 2 of the BNA 1948. An obsolescent category.
Whims of the 2 preceeding categories who have registered as British Citizens.
These are CUKCs who are patrial and so have the right of abode in the UK; CUKCS who have the right of abode in an existing dependency; and CUKCS (like the East African Asians) who acquired their citizen- ship from a connection with a former dependency and who do not have the right of abode in either the UK or an existing dependency.
The Home Office and FCO are agreed that the first three listed categories, which are all obsolescent, should
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