In this Schedule—

• “application for naturalisation as a British citizen” means an application for naturalisation as a British citizen under section 6(1) or (2) of the 1981 Act M1;

• “application for naturalisation as a British overseas territories citizen” means an application for naturalisation as a British overseas territories citizen under section 18(1) or (2) of the 1981 Act M2;

• “application for registration as a British citizen under the 1981 Act” means an application for registration as a British citizen under sections 1(3), (3A) or (4), 3(1), (2) or (5), 4(2) or (5), 4A, 4B, 4D, 4F, 10(1) or (2), or 13(1) or (3) of, or paragraph 3, F13A, 4 or 5 of Schedule 2 to, the 1981 Act M3;

• “application for registration as a British citizen under the 1997 Act” means an application for registration as a British citizen under section 1 of the British Nationality (Hong Kong) Act 1997 M4;

• “application for registration as a British overseas citizen” means an application for registration as a British overseas citizen under section 27(1) of, or paragraph 4 or 5 of Schedule 2 to, the 1981 Act;

• “application for registration as a British overseas territories citizen” means an application for registration as a British overseas territories citizen under sections 13(1) or (3) of the 1981 Act (as applied by section 24 of that Act), 15(3) or (4), 17(1), (2) or (5), or 22(1) or (2) of, or paragraph 3, 4 or 5 of Schedule 2 to, that Act M5;

• “application for registration as a British protected person” means an application for registration as a British protected person under article 7 of the 1982 Order M6;

• “application for registration as a British subject” means an application for registration as a British subject under section 32 of, or paragraph 4 of Schedule 2 to, the 1981 Act;

• “certificate of entitlement” has the same meaning as provided for in section 33(1) of the 1971 Act M7;

• “certificate of registration or naturalisation” means a certificate of registration or naturalisation issued under the 1981 Act;

• F2“historical legislative unfairness”, in relation to the basis on which an application is made under section 4L of the 1981 Act, has the same meaning as it has for the purposes of subsection (1)(a) of that section (see section 4L(2) of that Act);

• “public authority” has the same meaning as it has for the purposes of section 4L of the 1981 Act (see section 4L(3) of that Act).

For the purposes of this Schedule an application is made on the date on which it is received by the Secretary of State or by any person authorised by the Secretary of State to receive nationality applications.