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every ase repeat exactly the definitions of citizenship

in the British Nationality Act 1981. Under that scheme

there would have been five possible descriptions of national

status in British passports:

i) British Citizen for those with a right of abode in the

ii)

ii)

iv)

v)

United Kingdom.

British Dependent Territories Citizen (BDTC) plus the

name of the dependent territory for those with right

of abode in a particular dependent territory.

British Overseas Citizen (BOC) for those who

inherit a claim to citizenship which is not

reinforced by sufficient connection with the United

Kingdom or with a particular dependent territory to

give them the right of abode.

British Protected Person (BPP) for those whose

interests we would protect abroad but who have no

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claim to citizenship nor to any right of abode, in the United Kingdom or in a Dependent Territory.

British Subject for a small number of residuals who

for passport purposes can be bracketed with BPPs.

11 these categories apart from the first, British citizen,

re expected to diminish over the years; BDTCs as

ependencies become independent, and the remaining three categories

of

ecause the status of BOC BPP and of British Subject

in general

annot/be transmitted by descent.

The advantage of the system just described is that it

ies descriptions in passports firmly to the terms used in

he recent Nationality Act which in turn are compatible with

ur immigration legislation and practice. The drawback is

at these descriptions are definitions of citizenship and a description

ot of nationality which would be

more appropriate i

in

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