Saint Vincent Modification of Enactments Order 1979
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1979/917 |
1979 No. 917
ASSOCIATED STATES
The Saint Vincent Modification of Enactments Order 197926thJuly 1979
3rdAugust 1979
27thOctober 1979
At the Court of Saint James, the 26th day of July 1979
Present,
The Counsellors of State in Council
Whereas Her Majesty, in pursuance of the Regency Acts 1937 to 1953, was pleased, by Letters Patent dated the 16th day of July 1979, to delegate to the six Counsellors of State therein named or any two or more of them full power and authority during the period of Her Majesty's absence from the United Kingdom to summon and hold on Her Majesty's behalf Her Privy Council and to signify thereat Her Majesty's approval for anything for which Her Majesty's approval in Council is required:
And whereas the status of association of Saint Vincent 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 Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and His Royal Highness The Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, being authorised thereto by the said Letters Patent, and in pursuance of the powers conferred by sections 13(2), (3) and 14 of the West Indies Act 1967(a) and all other powers enabling Her Majesty, do hereby, by and with the advice of Her Majesty's Privy Council, on Her Majesty's behalf order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:—
Citation and commencement
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Saint Vincent Modification of Enactments Order 1979.
(2) This Order shall come into operation on 27th October 1979 (hereinafter called "the appointed day").
British Nationality Acts
2.—(1) On and after the appointed day the British Nationality Acts 1948 to 1965 shall have effect as if in section 1(3) of the British Nationality Act 1948(b) (Commonwealth countries having separate citizenship) there were added at the end the words "and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines".
(a) 1967 c. 4.
(b) 1948 c. 56.
(2) Except as provided by article 3 of this Order, any person who immediately before the appointed day is a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies shall on that day cease to be such a citizen if he becomes on that day a citizen of Saint Vincent.
(3) Section 6(2) of the British Nationality Act 1948 (registration as citizens of the United Kingdom and Colonies of women who have been married to such citizens) shall not apply to a woman by virtue of her marriage to 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 citizenship of United Kingdom and Colonies
3.—(1) A person shall not cease to be a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies under article 2(2) of this Order if he, his father or his father's father—
(a) was born in the United Kingdom or a relevant territory; or
(b) is or was a person naturalised in the United Kingdom and Colonies by virtue of a certificate of naturalisation granted in the United Kingdom or a relevant territory; or
(c) was, in the United Kingdom or a relevant territory, registered as a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies, or was so...
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