Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs presents his compliments to Their Excellencies and Messieurs the Heads of Diplomatic Missions in London and has the honour to inform them that the British Nationality Act 1981 will come into operation on 1 January 1983. The main provisions of this Act are summarised in the enclosed
This summary is provided for the explanatory memorandum.
information and convenience of Missions and of their domestic authorities concerned. For a full and authoritative statement of the position it will of course be necessary to refer to the
terms of the Act itself.
Among the changes introduced by the Act are certain alterations in nomenclature for existing categories of United Kingdom nationals. Where provisions using the existing titles of cate- gories of United Kingdom nationals occur in, or in association with, international agreements or arrangements to which the
Her United Kingdom or Her Majesty's Government are a party, Majesty's Government intend with effect from 1 January 1983 to interpret those provisions in the light of the relevant provi- sions of the new Act, sections 11, 23, 26 and 51 of which are particularly relevant. Her Majesty's Government will proceed on the assumption that other parties to such agreements or arrange-
ments will follow the same practice.
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