British citizen definition

British citizen means a British citizen, a British overseas territories citizen, a British National (Overseas), a British Overseas Citizen, a British subject or a British protected person within the meaning of the British Nationality Act 1981 of the United Kingdom;
British citizen means a person who has that status in accordance with the provisions of the 1981 Act, the British Nationality (Hong Kong) Act 1997 (of Parliament)8 or the British Overseas Territories Act 2002 (of Parliament)9 or the former Nationality Acts;
British citizen. (英國公民) means a person who has the status of a British citizen under the British Nationality Act 1981 (1981 c. 61 U.K.)#;

Examples of British citizen in a sentence

  • D2.3 If any of the Contractor’s Personnel is not a British citizen, Swiss national or a national of a country in the European Economic Area, the Contractor shall ensure that the Contractor’s Personnel has the necessary Home Office permission to work and shall ensure compliance with the Asylum and Immigration Act 1996.

  • Derivative right of residence because the person is the primary carer of a British citizen.

  • If a Parent or carer’s household income is £15,400 a year or less after tax, and they have either: • leave to remain with ‘no recourse to public funds’ on family or private life grounds • the right to live in the UK because they are a Parent or carer of a British citizen (known as a ‘▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Carer’).

  • If you are a British citizen travelling outside the United Kingdom you must have a full UK passport.

  • A child who is the subject of a parental order made in a UK court after 6 April 2010 will become a British citizen from the date of the order if either of the persons who obtained the order is a British citizen.


More Definitions of British citizen

British citizen means a citizen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland;
British citizen means a British Citizen or another United Kingdom national with a right of abode in the United Kingdom as determined by the law of the United Kingdom;
British citizen means a British Citizen or another United Kingdom national with right of the abode in the United Kingdom as determined by the law of the United Kingdom and ‘nationality’ in relation to the United Kingdom shall mean British Citizenship;
British citizen means a citizen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and 25
British citizen means a person who acquired that citizenship under the British Nationality Act 1981, the British Nationality (Falkland Islands) Act 1983, the British Nationality (Hong Kong) Act 1990, the Hong Kong (War Wives and Widows) Act 1996, the British Nationality (Hong Kong) Act 1997 or the British Overseas Territories Act 2002. Advice about whether such acquisition has occurred in any particular case may be obtained from Nationality Quality and Enquiry Team, Liverpool.
British citizen means a person who has that status in accordance with the provisions of the 1981 Act, the 1997 Act or the British Overseas Territories Act 2002(8);
British citizen means a person who acquired that citizenship under the