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British Nationality (Falkland Islands) Act 1983

Consolidated Text As Enacted Cited authorities 5 Cited in Amendments 26 Related
Vincent
JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Citation1983 c. 6
Year1983
that person becomes a British Dependent Territories citizen at commencement under section 23 of the 1981 Act (persons becoming British Dependent Territories citizens at commencement) ; andthat person was a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies who had that citizenship by his birth, naturalisation or registration in the Falkland Islands; orone of that person’s parents, or a parent of one of that person’s parents, was, or but for his death would have been, a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies who so had that citizenship; orthat person, being a woman, was, or had at any time been, the wife of a man who by virtue of subparagraph (i) or (ii) becomes a British citizen at commencement or would have done so but for his death.(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(1) A person who is a British citizen by virtue of the application to him of any provision of this Act but not otherwise shall, for the purposes of the 1981 Act, be a British citizen “by descent” if, and only if, being a person who became a British citizen at commencement, he would not be a British citizen by virtue of this Act but for section 1(1) (b) (ii) or (iii) .would have been a British citizen by descent if this Act had not been passed; andwould not be a British citizen by virtue of this Act but for section 1(1) (b) (ii) or (iii) .(1) In this Act—
  • “the 1981 Act” means the British Nationality Act 1981;
  • “commencement” has the same meaning as in the 1981 Act, that is to say the beginning of 1st January 1983 (that being the day appointed under section 53(2) of that Act for the commencement of all except sections 49 and 53 of that Act) ;
  • “the Falkland Islands” means the Colony of the Falkland Islands.
section 41 (regulations and Orders in Council) , so far as it

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