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CONCLUSION

7.

Thus throughout the passage of the Bill the

Government made it plain, that the granting of British

citizenship to the Falkland Islanders was a reflection

of their unique circumstances, and was not to be taken

as a precedent for any other British Dependent territorie

The flavour of the debates suggest that this was

generally accepted by other Noble Lords.

8.

The British Nationality (Falkland Islands) Act

1983 gained Roval Assent on 28 March 1983. and was

deemed to have come into force on 1 January 1983, ie

at the same time as the British Nationality Act 1981.