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(3) A person registered after the passing of this Act under any provision of the existing nationality Acts as a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies or a British subject shall be such a citizen by registration or, as the case may be, a British subject by virtue of that provision as from the date on which he is so registered; and a person to whom a certificate of naturalisation is after the passing of this Act granted under any such provision shall be a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies by naturalisation as from the date on which the certificate is granted.

(4) The following provisions of the existing nationality Acts, namely—
 * (a) in the 1948 Act, section 9 and, in section 10(1), the words from “and the person” onwards; and
 * (b) section 1(2) of the British Nationality Act 1965,

shall not apply in relation to any application for registration or for a certificate of naturalisation under any provision of the existing nationality Acts, whenever made, unless the person to whom that application relates has been registered or, as the case may be, granted such a certificate before the passing of this Act.

(5) In this section “the existing nationality Acts” means the British Nationality Acts 1948 to 1965.

50.—(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—
 * “the 1948 Act” means the British Nationality Act 1948;
 * “alien” means a person who is neither a Commonwealth citizen nor a British protected person nor a citizen of the Republic of Ireland;
 * “association” means an unincorporated body of persons;
 * “British protected person” means a person who is a member of any class of persons declared to be British protected persons by an Order in Council for the time being in force under section 38 or is a British protected person by virtue of the Solomon Islands Act 1978;
 * “commencement”, without more, means the commencement of this Act;
 * “Commonwealth citizen” means a person who has the status of a Commonwealth citizen under this Act;
 * “company” means a body corporate;
 * “Crown service” means the service of the Crown, whether within Her Majesty's dominions or elsewhere;