51 Meaning of certain expressions relating to nationality in other Acts and instruments

51  Meaning of certain expressions relating to nationality in other Acts and instruments

(1)     Without prejudice to subsection (3)(c), in any enactment or instrument whatever passed or made before commencement “British subject” and “Commonwealth citizen” have the same meaning, that is—

(a)     in relation to any time before commencement—

(i)     a person who under the 1948 Act was at that time a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies or who, under any enactment then in force in a country mentioned in section 1(3) of that Act as then in force, was at that time a citizen of that country; and

(ii)     any other person who had at that time the status of a British subject under that Act or

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