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shall have to request the Scrutiny Committees to deal

with

urgently. This regrettably compressed timetable

results from the need to revise an earlier draft to take

account of views just received from the Gibraltar Government

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apropos amendments to be made to their Immigration and

Gibraltarian Status Ordinances.

BACKGROUND AND ARGUMENT

3. In February 1981 Mr Luce agreed with a submission by

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my predecessor that the new definition necessitated by

BNA 1981 should

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(a) be simplified as compared with the present almost

incomprehensible definition;

(b)

cover all who are covered by the present

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definition; and

(c) possibly extend the present coverage in relation

to people connected with Gibraltar if the Gibraltar

Government should extend 'Gibraltarian status' to all

who become British Dependent Territories Citizens

by a connection with Gibraltar.

A UK national for EC purposes enjoys, among other things,

free movement within the EC in order to seek employment

or establishment. The present definition broadly covers

citizens of the United Kingdom and Colonies and certain

residual British subjects who have the right of abode in

the United Kingdom and Citizens of the United Kingdom

and Colonies who have a qualifying connection with

Gibraltar. After the coming into force of the British

Nationality Act 1981 on 1 January 1983 the term 'Citizem

fo the United Kingdom and Colonies' will cease to apply and it

will be necessary for the United Kingdom to make a new

declaration in the terms of the British Nationality Act .

/1981.

A

B

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