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Antigua and Barbuda
Australia
The Bahamas
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belize
Botswana
[F1 Brunei]
Textual Amendments
F1"Brunei" inserted by S.I. 1983/1699, arts. 1(2), 3
[F2Cameroon]
Textual Amendments
F2Words in Sch. 3 inserted (25.1.1999) by S.I. 1998/3161, art. 2
Canada
Republic of Cyprus
Dominica
[F3Eswatini]
Textual Amendments
F3Words in Sch. 3 inserted (15.12.2023) by The British Nationality (Eswatini, Gabon and Togo) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1219), arts. 1(1), 2(b)
Fiji
[F3Gabon]
F4...
Textual Amendments
F4Words in Sch. 3 omitted (12.11.2015) by virtue of The British Nationality (The Gambia) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/1771), arts. 1, 2
Ghana
Grenada
Guyana
India
Jamaica
Kenya
Kiribati
Lesotho
Malawi
Malaysia
[F5Maldives]
Textual Amendments
F5Word in Sch. 3 inserted (2.6.2021) by The British Nationality (Maldives) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/523), arts. 1, 2
F6...
Textual Amendments
F6Word in Sch. 3 omitted (12.5.2017) by virtue of The British Nationality (Maldives) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/568), arts. 1, 2
Malta
Mauritius
[F2Mozambique]
Nauru
New Zealand
Nigeria
[F7Pakistan]
Textual Amendments
F7By S.I. 1989/1331, art. 2, it is provided that the Act shall have effect as if in Sch. 3 under the word “Nigeria” there were inserted the word “Pakistan”
Papua New Guinea
[F8Rwanda]
Textual Amendments
F8Word in Sch. 3 inserted (10.3.2010) by British Nationality (Rwanda) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/246), arts. 1, 2
[F9Saint Christopher and Nevis]
Textual Amendments
F9"Saint Christopher and Nevis" inserted by S.I. 1983/882, art. 2(a)
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Solomon Islands
[F10South Africa]
Textual Amendments
F10Words in Sch. 3 inserted (26.7.1994) by S.I. 1994/1634, art. 2
Sri Lanka
F11...
Textual Amendments
F11Word in Sch. 3 omitted (15.12.2023) by virtue of The British Nationality (Eswatini, Gabon and Togo) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1219), arts. 1(1), 2(a)
Tanzania
[F3Togo]
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Tuvalu
Uganda
Vanuatu
Western Samoa
Zambia
Zimbabwe
[F12Namibia]
Textual Amendments
F12"Namibia" inserted by S.I. 1990/1502, art. 2
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