Citation and commencement

1.-(1) This Order may be cited as the British Nationality (Brunei) Order 1983.

(2) Article 2 of this Order shall come into operation on 1st January 1984 (hereinafter called "the appointed day"), and Article 3 of this Order shall come into operation on the date upon which Brunei becomes a member of the Commonwealth, which date will be notified in the London, Edinburgh and Belfast Gazettes.

Modifications of provisions made by or under the British Nationality Act 1981

2.-(1) On and after the appointed day, the British Nationality Act 1981 shall have effect as if Article 5 and the words "other than Article 5" in Article 11(1) of the British Protectorates, Protected States and Protected Persons Order 1982 were omitted.

(2) Any person who immediately before the appointed day is a British protected person shall on that day cease to be a British protected person if on that day he is a citizen or national of Brunei.

3. On and after the date to be notified in the London, Edinburgh and Belfast Gazettes in accordance with Article 1(2) of this Order, the British Nationality Act 1981 shall have effect as if, in Schedule 3 to that Act (countries whose citizens are Commonwealth citizens), under the word "Botswana" there were inserted the word "Brunei".

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order makes certain amendments to the provisions made by or under the British Nationality Act 1981 as a consequence of the termination of the special treaty relationship between the United Kingdom and the State of Brunei and the expected accession of Brunei to membership of the Commonwealth. First, it amends the British Protectorates, Protected States and Protected Persons Order 1982 and provides that citizens of Brunei shall no longer be British protected persons; and, second, it adds Brunei to Schedule 3 to the British Nationality Act 1981 with the result that citizens of Brunei shall have the status of Commonwealth citizens.