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Encyclopedia > British Nationality (Falkland Islands) Act 1983

The British Nationality (Falkland Islands) Act 1983 was an Act of Parliament passed by the British Parliament and came into force on January 1, Falkland Islands, a British Dependent Territory in the South Atlantic. Previously, under the British Nationality Act 1981, residents of the Falkland Islands were classed as British Dependent Territories citizens. Such citizens were restricted in their right to enter and stay in the United Kingdom. The new Act conferred full British citizenship on the residents of the Falkland Islands to give them similar status to citizens in Gibraltar.


The Act was passed mainly in response to Falklands War which was fought between the United Kingdom and Argentina over the sovereignty of the islands. The United Kingdom maintained to stand by the principle of self determination of allowing the Falkland Islanders to decide their own destiny, which was ultimately to be British citizens. It was also argued that the British Nationality Act 1981 had indicated British reluctance to hold the islands, as the residents were not legally full British citizens. After the war ended in victory for the British, this act was passed to clairfy the UK's commitment to the islands.


The Act has been repealed by the British Overseas Territories Act 2002 which granted full British citizenship to all British overseas territories including the Falkland Islands.




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British Overseas Territories Act 2002 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (497 words)
Although it is not normally possible under either territory's immigration laws to acquire British Overseas Territories citizenship (BOTC) by naturalisation in that territory, the former inhabitants of the BIOT still hold BOTC by virtue of their birth, or a parent's birth, in that territory.
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands was included in the scope of the Act mainly due to its former association with the Falkland Islands.
The 2002 Act is similar in scope to the British Nationality (Falkland Islands) Act 1983 and repealed that Act (without affecting the validity of any acquisition of British citizenship under that legislation).
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