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BRITISH NATIONALITY ACTS (HEADING UNDERLINED)

7.-(1) THE PROVISIONS OF THE BRITISH NATIONALITY ACT 1981

OPEN SQUARE BRACKETS FOOTNOTE (A) 1981 C. 61. CLOSE SQUARE

BRACKETS ('THE 1981 ACT') AND THE BRITISH NATIONALITY (FALKLAND

ISLANDS) ACT 1983 OPEN SQUARE BRACKETS FOOTNOTE (B) 1983 C.6.

CLOSE SQUARE BRACKETS ('THE 1983 ACT') SHALL HAVE EFFECT SUBJECT

TO THE FOLLOWING PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE.

(2) SECTION 4(1) OF THE 1981 ACT (ACQUISITION BY REGISTRATION:

BRITISH DEPENDENT TERRITORIES CITIZENS, ETC.) SHALL HAVE EFFECT

AS IF AFTER THE WORDS 'BRITISH DEPENDENT TERRITORIES CITIZEN'

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

(3) SECTION 37 OF THE 1981 ACT (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) AFTER THE WORDS 'BRITISH DEPENDENT TERRITORIES

CITIZEN' THERE WERE INSERTED THE WORDS 'A BRITISH NATIONAL

(OVERSEAS)'.

(4) SECTION 41 OF THE 1981 ACT (REGULATIONS AND ORDERS IN

COUNCIL) SHALL HAVE EFFECT AS IF

(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)(1) AFTER THE WORDS 'BRITISH

DEPENDENT TERRITORIES CITIZENS' THERE WERE INSERTED THE WORDS

'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)'.

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