British Overseas Territories Act 2002

E56333

Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom

The British Overseas Territories Act 2002 is a UK law that reformed the status and citizenship rights of people connected with the British Overseas Territories, notably granting most of them full British citizenship.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
British Overseas Territories citizenship	1
British nationality law framework	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
amends	British Nationality Act 1981 ⓘ
appliesTo	Anguilla ⓘ Bermuda (United Kingdom) ⓘ surface form: Bermuda British Virgin Islands ⓘ Cayman Islands ⓘ Falkland Islands ⓘ Gibraltar ⓘ Montserrat ⓘ Pitcairn Islands ⓘ British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha ⓘ surface form: Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha Turks and Caicos Islands ⓘ
changesStatusOf	British Dependent Territories citizens ⓘ
citation	2002 c. 8 ⓘ
containsProvision	automatic registration as British citizens for certain British overseas territories citizens ⓘ renaming of British Dependent Territories as British Overseas Territories ⓘ transitional arrangements for nationality status ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
effectiveDate	21 May 2002 ⓘ
excludes	British Antarctic Territory ⓘ British Indian Ocean Territory ⓘ Akrotiri and Dhekelia ⓘ surface form: Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia
grantsStatus	British citizenship ⓘ British overseas territories citizenship ⓘ
introducesTerm	British Overseas Territories ⓘ
isPartOf	United Kingdom nationality legislation ⓘ
jurisdiction	United Kingdom ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalArea	constitutional law ⓘ nationality law ⓘ
legislature	British Parliament ⓘ surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
longTitle	An Act to make provision about the name "British overseas territories" and British citizenship so far as relating to the British overseas territories; and for connected purposes. ⓘ
primaryEffect	granted most British overseas territories citizens full British citizenship ⓘ removed most restrictions on right of abode in the United Kingdom for British overseas territories citizens ⓘ
purpose	to reform the status and citizenship rights of people connected with the British Overseas Territories ⓘ
relatedTo	British Nationality Act 1948 ⓘ British Overseas Territories ⓘ Immigration Act 1971 ⓘ
replacesTerm	British Overseas Territories ⓘ surface form: British Dependent Territories
resultedIn	automatic acquisition of British citizenship for most British overseas territories citizens ⓘ
royalAssent	26 February 2002 ⓘ
shortTitle	British Overseas Territories Act 2002 self-link ⓘ
status	in force ⓘ
subject	British Overseas Territories ⓘ British nationality law ⓘ citizenship ⓘ immigration ⓘ
yearEnacted	2002 ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

British Overseas Territories → citizenshipStatus → British Overseas Territories Act 2002 ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Overseas Territories citizenship

British Overseas Territories → governedBy → British Overseas Territories Act 2002 ⓘ

British Overseas Territories Act 2002 → shortTitle → British Overseas Territories Act 2002 self-link ⓘ

Crown dependencies → uses → British Overseas Territories Act 2002 ⓘ

this entity surface form: British nationality law framework