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					<dc:identifier>http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/1771/made</dc:identifier><dc:title>The British Nationality (The Gambia) Order 2015</dc:title><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:publisher>King's Printer of Acts of Parliament</dc:publisher><dc:modified>2015-10-09</dc:modified><dc:subject scheme="SIheading">BRITISH NATIONALITY</dc:subject>
					<dc:description>Article 2 of this Order removes The Gambia from Schedule 3 to the British Nationality Act 1981, which lists the countries whose citizens are Commonwealth citizens.</dc:description>
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<Number>2015 No. 1771</Number>
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<Title>British Nationality</Title>
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<Title>The British Nationality (The Gambia) Order 2015</Title>
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<Text>Made</Text>
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<Text>At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 8th day of October 2015</Text><Text>Present,</Text><Text>The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council</Text></Para>
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<Text>Her Majesty, in exercise of the power conferred upon Her by section 37(2) of the British Nationality Act 1981<FootnoteRef Ref="f00001"/>, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, orders as follows.</Text></Para>
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<Text>This Order may be cited as the British Nationality (The Gambia) Order 2015 and comes into force on 12th<Superior> </Superior>November 2015.</Text>
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<Title>Amendment of Schedule 3 to the British Nationality Act 1981</Title>
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<Text>In Schedule 3 to the British Nationality Act 1981<FootnoteRef Ref="f00002"/> (countries whose citizens are Commonwealth citizens), omit “The Gambia”.</Text>
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<P><Text>Article 2 of this Order removes The Gambia from Schedule 3 to the British Nationality Act 1981, which lists the countries whose citizens are Commonwealth citizens.</Text></P>
<P><Text>An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sector is foreseen.</Text></P>
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<Para><Text><Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1981/61" id="c00001" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Year="1981" Number="0061">1981 c. 61</Citation>.</Text></Para>
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<Para><Text>Schedule 3 has been amended by section 1 of, and the Schedule to, the Brunei and Maldives Act <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1985/3" id="c00002" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Year="1985" Number="0003">1985 (c. 3)</Citation>, <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1983/882" id="c00003" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="1983" Number="0882">S.I. 1983/882</Citation>, <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1983/1699" id="c00004" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="1983" Number="1699">S.I. 1983/1699</Citation>, <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1989/1331" id="c00005" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="1989" Number="1331">S.I. 1989/1331</Citation>, <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1990/1502" id="c00006" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="1990" Number="1502">S.I. 1990/1502</Citation>, <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1994/1634" id="c00007" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="1994" Number="1634">S.I. 1994/1634</Citation>, <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1998/3161" id="c00008" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="1998" Number="3161">S.I. 1998/3161</Citation> and <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/246" id="c00009" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="2010" Number="0246">S.I. 2010/246</Citation>.</Text></Para>
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