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

  • Under section 22 of the Immigration Act 2014 a landlord should not authorize an adult to occupy property as their only or main home under a residential tenancy agreement unless the adult is a British citizen, or EEA or Swiss national, or has a “right to rent” in the UK.


More Definitions of British citizen

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 Northern Ireland;
British citizen means a citizen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and25
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
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.