Statutory Instruments
BRITISH NATIONALITY
Made
31st October 2001
Laid before Parliament
12th November 2001
Coming into force
4th December 2001
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 31st day of October 2001
Present,
The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council
Her Majesty, by virtue of the powers conferred upon Her by section 50(13) of the British Nationality Act 1981(1), is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:—
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the British Nationality Act 1981 (Amendment of Schedule 6) Order 2001.
(2) This Order shall come into force on 4th December 2001.
2. In Schedule 6 to the British Nationality Act 1981—
(a)in the entry relating to the Falkland Islands and Dependencies, omit “and Dependencies”, and
(b)after the entry relating to St Helena and Dependencies, insert “South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands”.
A. K. Galloway
Clerk of the Privy Council
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order updates the list of British dependent territories in Schedule 6 to the British Nationality Act 1981 by making a separate entry for South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, which is a territory separate from the Falkland Islands.