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(12) References in this Act to any country mentioned in Schedule 3 include references to the dependencies of that country.

(13) Her Majesty may by Order in Council subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament amend Schedule 6 in any of the following circumstances, namely—
 * (a) where the name of any territory mentioned in it is altered; or
 * (b) where any territory mentioned in it is divided into two or more territories.

51.—(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 any other enactment then in force;
 * (b) in relation to any time after commencement, a person who has the status of a Commonwealth citizen under this Act.

(2) In any enactment or instrument whatever passed or made after commencement—
 * “British subject” means a person who has the status of a British subject under this Act;
 * “Commonwealth citizen” means a person who has the status of a Commonwealth citizen under this Act.

(3) In any enactment or instrument whatever passed or made before commencement—
 * (a) “citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies”—
 * (i) in relation to any time before commencement, means a person who under the 1948 Act was at that time a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies;
 * (ii) in relation to any time after commencement, means a person who under this Act is a British citizen, a British Dependent Territories citizen or a British Overseas citizen;