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5. It has already been announced in Parliament that the Bill will deal only with the law of nationality, and with consequential amendments to the Immigration Act which will be necded because the right of entry will be defined in terms of 'British Citizenship', but which will not affect the right of anyone to remain here if he is lawfully settled.
6. There are of course a number of statutes dealing with other subjects
rights of Commonwlth which include references to people's status under nationality legislation. Cifs. and the Irish
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The Government think that it will be best to leave any changes that are
thought necessary to be made when the time comes to amend those statutes.
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8. 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 details of the numbers of
people involved.
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9. The subject is developed 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.
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10. Thereafter the 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, lost etc once the Act is in force. Part G
deals with a number of miscellaneous nationality matters, and Part H explains what amendments will be needed 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.
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