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2M FCO 231020Z JUL 31

TO IMMEDIATE ANGUILLA

TELEGRAM NUMBER PERSONAL 21 OF 23 JULY

AND TO BELMOPAN, HAMILION, TORTOLA, GRAND TURK, GRAND CAYMAN,

(ALL PERSONAL), PORT STANLEY (PERSONAL FOR GOVERNOR), HONG KONG

(PERSONAL FOR ACTING GOVERNOR), ST HELENA (PERSONAL FOR GOVERNOR),

AND TO PORT STANLEY (PERSONAL FOR GOVERNOR),

AND SAVING TO WELLINGTON (PERSONAL FOR GOVERNOR, PITCAIRN).

INFO GIBRALTAR (PERSONAL).

NATIONALITY BILL

ON 22 JULY, THE HOUSE OF LORDS IN COMMITTEE PASSED AN AMEND-

MENT IN THE FOLLOWING TERMS:

1.

'A PERSON WHO IS A UNITED KINGDOM NATIONAL FOR EUROPEAN

COMMUNITY PURPOSES BY VIRTUE OF THE OPERATION OF ARTICLE

227(4) OF THE TREATY OF ROME OR WHO HAS A RIGHT OF ABODE IN

A BRITISH DEPENDENT TERRITORY TO WHICH THE PROVISIONS OF

ARTICLE 227(4) OF THE TREATY OF ROME APPLY SHALL BE ENTITLED,

NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF PART II OF THIS ACT, ON

APPLICATION, TO BE REGISTERED AS A BRITISH CITIZEN.'

ARTICLE 227(4) OF THE TREATY OF ROME PROVIDES THAT A

DEPENDENT TERRITORY IN EUROPE FOR WHOSE EXTERNAL RELATIONS A

MEMBER STATE IS RESPONSIBLE SHALL BE A PART OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITY.

2.

3.

IN PRACTICE GIBRALTAR IS THE ONLY UNITED KINGDOM DEPENDENCY

TO WHOM ARTICLE 227(4) APPLIES. (STRICTLY SPEAKING, THE

SOVEREIGN BASE AREAS IN CYPRUS, THE CHANNEL ISLANDS AND THE

ISLE OF MAN COULD ALSO HAVE BEEN COVERED BY ARTICLE 227(4) BUT

THE CHANNEL ISLANDS AND THE ISLE OF MAN DID NOT WISH TO BE SO

COVERED AND IT WAS DECIDED TO LEAVE THE SOVEREIGN BASE AREAS TO

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