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PART V

1978 c. 30.

Citation,

commence- ment and extent.

1971 c. 77.

1967 c. 4.

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British Nationality

(6) The enactments specified in Schedule 7 shall have effect subject to the amendments there specified, being amendments consequential on the provisions of this Act.

(7) This Act shall have effect subject to the transitional pro- visions contained in Schedule 8.

(8) The enactments mentioned in Schedule 9 are hereby repealed to the extent specified in the third column of that Schedule.

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(9) Without prejudice to section 47, nothing in this Act affects the operation, in relation to any time before the com- 10 mencement of this Act, of any statutory provision passed or made before commencement.

(10) Nothing in this Act shall be taken as prejudicing the operation of sections 16 and 17 of the Interpretation Act 1978 (which relate to the effect of repeals).

(11) In this section " modifications" includes additions, omis- sions and alterations.

49.-(1) This Act may be cited as the British Nationality Act 1981.

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(2) This Act shall come into force on such day as the Secretary 20 of State may by order made by statutory instrument appoint.

(3) This Act extends to Northern Ireland.

(4) The provisions of this Act, except those mentioned in sub- section (6), extend to the Islands and all dependent territories; and section 36 of the Immigration Act 1971 (power to extend 25 provisions of that Act to Islands) shall apply to the said excepted provisions as if they were provisions of that Act.

(5) For the purposes of section 3(3) of the West Indies Act 1967 it is hereby declared that the provisions of this Act, except those mentioned in subsection (6), extend to all associated states. 30 (6) The provisions referred to in subsections (4) and (5) are-

(a) section 36 and Schedule 4:

(b) section 48(7) and Schedule 8 so far as they relate to

the Immigration Act 1971; and

(c) section 48(8) and Schedule 9 so far as they relate to 35

provisions of the Immigration Act 1971 other than Schedule 1.