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The Future Governance of Citizenship Part 8

Ngoài ba loại đề cập ở trên, ba loại khác quốc tịch Anh được dự kiến công dân Anh (ở nước ngoài) cho người dân vùng lãnh thổ phụ thuộc Anh từ Hồng Kông áp dụng cho tình trạng này trước năm 1997 và đã không, hoặc có thể không, đăng ký là công dân Anhdưới một 1990-97 Hành vi; Anh bảo vệ người và các đối tượng Anh. | 159 The variable geometry of citizenship In addition to the three categories mentioned above three other types of British nationality were envisaged British Nationals Overseas for British Dependent Territories citizens from Hong Kong who applied for this status before 1997 and did not or could not register as British citizens under one of the 1990-97 Acts British Protected Persons and British Subjects. The latter term referred to British subjects without citizenship of any Commonwealth country and to their spouses.28 The British Overseas Territories Act 2002 which received Royal Assent on 26 February 2002 redesignated British Dependent Territories citizens as British Overseas Territories citizens and by virtue of the Act anyone who was a British Overseas Territories citizen before 21 May 2002 was automatically granted British citizenship and obtained the right of abode in Britain.29 People who were British Overseas Territories citizens by descent will become British citizens by descent. People who become British Overseas Territories citizens following the commencement of the Act 21 May 2002 will be able to apply to be registered as British citizens. The Secretary of State has discretion over registration.30 The acquisition of another nationality does not affect British nationality unless the applicant has formally renounced British citizenship.31 The only exceptions to this are British subjects without citizenship and British protected persons who will lose that status if they acquire citizenship or another nationality.32 People from Caribbean countries which became independent after 1981 gained the citizenship of the new country. However they could also retain their British citizenship if they had lived in the UK for more than five years and were settled before independence.33 The foregoing discussion clearly shows that differentiation has been intrinsic to UK nationality and citizenship law. Its impact has been both deep and wide-ranging in view of the fact that