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in the UK and it is proposed that they should be issued with the

standard CFP. Where the holder does not enjoy full EC rights,

the passport will be endorsed accordingly on the observations page.

Passports issued in the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man under the

Lieutenant Governor's exercise of the royal prerogative will have

the name of the relevant Island printed on the front cover in place

of 'United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland'. This

is entirely a Home Office matter.

Dependent Territories

In the Dependent Territories, passports are issued under the

Governor's exercise of the royal prerogative and in theory those

territories are at liberty to adopt any form of passport they may

choose. However, we hope to steer the Governments concerned to adopt

the 'common format look-alike' but, as at present, with the name of

the territory printed on the front cover and the exhortation inside

in the name of the Governor instead of the Secretary of State.

The advantages of adopting the same basic format as the UK have

already been explained to the dependent territories and so far the

British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Hong Kong and Montserrat

have indicated that they would wish to follow this course.

8.

After consultations at official level with the Home Office,

whose ultimate responsibility this is, officials have therefore

agreed to propose to their respective Ministers that British nationals

without EC rights should be issued with a passport similar to the CFP

but omitting the words 'European Community' and the other

European languages, except French.

We call this the 'CFP look-alike'

since it faithfully copies the EC format except for the omission of

the exclusively European markings.

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