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DECLARATION

by the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and

Northern Ireland on the definition of the term 'nationals'.

Having regard to the entry into force of the British Nationality Act 1981, the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland make the following Declaration, which will replace, as from 1 January 1983, that made at the time of signature of the Treaty of Accession by the United Kingdom to

the European Communities:

'As to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and

Northern Ireland, the terms 'nationals', 'nationals

of Member States' or 'nationals of Member States and

overseas countries and territories' wherever used in the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community or the Treaty establishing the European Coal

and Steel Community or in any of the Community acts

deriving from those Treaties, are to be understood to

refer to:

(a) British citizens;

(b)

(c)

Persons who are British subjects by virtue of

Part IV of the British Nationality Act 1981 and

who have the right of abode in the United Kingdom

and are therefore exempt from United Kingdom

immigration control;

British Dependent Territories citizens who acquire their citizenship from a connection with Gibraltar.

The reference in Article 6 of the third Protocol to the Act

of Accession of 22 January 1972, on the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man, to 'any citizen of the United Kingdom

and Colonies' is to be understood as referring to 'any

British citizen'.'