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Statutory Instruments
British Nationality
Made
10th February 2010
Laid before Parliament
17th February 2010
Coming into force
10th March 2010
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 10th day of February 2010
Present,
The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council
Her Majesty, in exercise of the power conferred on Her by section 37(2) of the British Nationality Act 1981(1), by and with the advice of her Privy Council, orders as follows:
1. This Order may be cited as the British Nationality (Rwanda) Order 2010 and shall come into force on 10th March 2010.
2. In Schedule 3(2) to the British Nationality Act 1981 (countries whose citizens are Commonwealth citizens), insert “Rwanda” at the appropriate place.
Judith Simpson
Clerk of the Privy Council
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order adds Rwanda to Schedule 3 to the British Nationality Act 1981 with the result that citizens of Rwanda shall have the status of Commonwealth citizens.
Schedule 3 has been amended by: section 1 of and the Schedule to the Brunei and Maldives Act 1985 (c.3); SI 1983/882; SI 1983/1699; SI 1989/1331; SI 1990/1502; SI 1994/1634; SI 1998/3161.
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