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the right of entry will have to be defined in terms of citizenship.

amendments will not affect the right of anyone to remain here if he is

lawfully settled.

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6. There are of course a number of statutes dealing with other subjects.

which include references to people's status under nationality legislation.

The Government do think it would be appropriate to include amendments to

those statutes in nationality legislation; any changes that are thought

necessary can be made when there are other reasons for amending them. This

matter is touched on again in paragraph 111.

7. In the course of explaining the Government's proposals it will be

necessary to refer to our present citizenship structure, and a summary of

the way in which it has developed is given in the Green Paper of April 1977.

However, in order to make this White Paper reasonably self-contained the

relevant passages in the earlier document, with only minor alterations, are

reproduced at Appendix B, together with some estimate of the numbers of

people involved.

8. The subject is developed in this White Paper as follows. Part B deals

with the new citizenships to be established - three, rather than two as

suggested in the Green Paper. Part C sets out the proposed transitional provisions by which the new citizenships will be conferred on people who are Citizens of the United Kingdom and Colonies when the legislation comes into

force.

9.

Thereafter these new citizenships are dealt with in turn, in Parts D,

E and F, each of which is divided to show the various arrangements by which that citizenship will be acquired and lost once the Act is in force. In framing their proposals the Government will take account of the United Kingdom's obligations under the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness. (Cmnd 1825) Part G deals with a number of miscellaneous nationality matters, and Fart li explains briefly what consequential amendments will need to be made to the Immigration Act 1971 to take account of the new nationality law. Brief explanations of the current law are included as each branch of the subject is

dealt with.

10. Appendix C contains a list of overseas dependencies and their populations. Appendix D contains a glossary of nationality terms in present

use.

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