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(2)

SECTION 4(1) (ACQUISITION BY REGISTRATION: BRITISH

DEPENDENT TERRITORIES CITIZENS, ETC.) SHALL HAVE EFFECT AS IF FOR

THE WORDS 'OR A BRITISH PROTECTED PERSON' THERE WERE SUBSTITUTED

THE WORDS ' A BRITISH PROTECTED PERSON OR A BRITISH NATIONAL

(OVERSEAS)'

(3)

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SECTION 37 (COMMONWEALTH CITIZENSHIP) SHALL HAVE EFFECT

AS IF IN SUBSECTION (1)(A)

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(A) THE REFERENCE TO THE 1981 ACT INCLUDED A REFERENCE TO

THIS ORDER:

(B) FOR THE WORDS 'OR A BRITISH SUBJECT' THERE WERE

SUBSTITUTED THE WORDS ' A BRITISH SUBJECT OR A BRITISH NATIONAL

(OVERSEAS)'.

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(4) SECTION 41 (REGULATIONS AND ORDERS IN COUNCIL) SHALL HAVE

EFFECT AS IF

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(A) ANY REFERENCE IN IT TO THE 1981 ACT INCLUDED A

REFERENCE TO THIS ORDER:

(B) IN SUBSECTION (1)(F) AFTER THE WORD 'CITIZENSHIP'

THERE WERE INSERTED THE WORDS 'OR OF THE STATUS OF A BRITISH

NATIONAL (OVERSEAS)':

(C) IN SUBSECTION (1)(I) FOR THE WORDS AND BRITISH

PROTECTED PERSONS' THERE WERE SUBSTITUTED THE WORDS # BRITISH

PROTECTED PERSONS AND BRITISH NATIONALS (OVERSEAS)':

(D) IN SUBSECTION (2)

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(I) AT THE END OF PARAGRAPH (A) THERE WERE INSERTED THE

WORDS 'OTHER THAN AN APPLICATION FOR THE PURPOSE OF

ACQUIRING THE STATUS OF A BRITISH NATIONAL

(OVERSEAS)':

(II) AT THE END OF PARAGRAPH (B) THERE WERE INSERTED THE

WORDS OTHER THAN REGISTRATION AS A BRITISH

NATIONAL (OVERSEAS)'.

(5) SECTION 42 (REGISTRATION AND NATURALISATION: GENERAL

PROVISIONS) SHALL HAVE EFFECT AS IF

(A) IN SUBSECTION (2)(B), AFTER THE WORDS 'BRITISH

SUBJECT, THERE WERE INSERTED THE WORDS 'A BRITISH NATIONAL (OVERSEAS),':

(B) IN SUBSECTION (4)

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