Saint Christopher and Nevis Modification of Enactments Order 1983
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1983/882 |
| Year | 1983 |
1983 No. 882
SAINT CHRISTOPHER AND NEVIS
The Saint Christopher and Nevis Modification of Enactments Order 198322ndJune 1983
30thJune 1983
19thSeptember 1983
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 22nd day of June 1983
Present,
The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council
Whereas the status of association of Saint Christopher and Nevis with the United Kingdom is terminated as from the date on which this Order comes into operation and it is necessary or expedient in consequence of that event to amend or modify certain enactments as hereinafter provided:
Now, therefore, Her Majesty, by virtue and in exercise of the powers vested in Her in that behalf by sections 13(2) and (3) and section 14 of the West Indies Act 1967 (a), is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:
Citation and commencement
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Saint Christopher and Nevis Modification of Enactments Order 1983.
(2) This Order shall come into operation on 19th September 1983 (hereinafter called "the appointed day").
Consequential Modifications of British Nationality Act
2.—(1) On and after the appointed day the British Nationality Act 1981(b) (hereinafter called "the 1981 Act") shall have effect as if—
(a) in Schedule 3 to that Act (countries whose citizens are Commonwealth citizens), under the words "Papua New Guinea" there were inserted the words "Saint Christopher and Nevis"; and
(b) in Schedule 6 to that Act (British Dependent Territories), the words "St Christopher and Nevis" were omitted.
(a) 1967 c. 4.
(b) 1981 c. 61.
(2) Except as provided by article 3 of this Order, any person who immediately before the appointed day is a British Dependent Territories citizen shall on that day cease to be such a citizen if he becomes on that day a citizen of Saint Christopher and Nevis.
(3) On and after the appointed day, Part II of the 1981 Act (British Dependent Territories citizenship) and Schedule 2 to that Act (provisions for reducing statelessness) shall not apply to any person who, but for this provision, would have been entitled to be registered as a British Dependent Territories citizen under those provisions by virtue of his connection with a person who on the appointed day ceases to be such a citizen under paragraph (2) of this article, or who would have done so if living on the appointed day.
Retention of British Dependent Territories citizenship
3.—(1) Subject to paragraph (3) of this article, a person shall not cease to be a British Dependent Territories citizen under article 2(2) of this Order if—
(a) he or one of his parents or grandparents—
(i) was born in a relevant territory; or
(ii) is or was a person naturalised in a relevant territory; or
(iii) was registered in a relevant territory as a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies, in the case of registration before commencement of the 1981 Act, or as a British Dependent Territories citizen, in the case of registration after commencement of the 1981 Act; or
(b) his father or his father's father would, if living immediately before the commencement of the British Nationality Act 1948(a) (hereinafter called "the 1948 Act"), have been deemed naturalised under section 32(6) of that Act (previous local naturalisation in a colony or protectorate) by virtue of having enjoyed the privileges of naturalisation in a relevant territory; or
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