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	British Overseas Territories Act 2002 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It further grants, from 21 May 2002, British citizenship to anyone holding British Overseas Territories citizenship on that date (with the exception of those solely connected with the Cyprus Sovereign Base Areas), whereas this was only available to people from Gibraltar and the Falkland Islands.
		Those acquiring British overseas territories citizenship after 21 May 2002 may usually be registered as British citizens under s4A of the 1981 Act.
		While citizens of all the Overseas Territories now have the right of abode in the UK, this is not reciprocal, as UK citizens visiting Overseas Territories are subject to local immigration controls, and require residence or work permits.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/British_Overseas_Territories_Act_2002 (191 words)

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		An overseas territory of the United Kingdom (formerly known as a dependent territory or earlier as a crown colony) is a territory that is under the sovereignty and formal control of the United Kingdom but is not a physical part of the United Kingdom.
		Overseas territories or crown colonies should also be distinguished from Crown dependencies (the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man, which have a different constitutional relationship with the United Kingdom), and protectorates (which were not formally under the sovereignty of the United Kingdom).
		The Queen apppoints a Governor who acts on her behalf, and is in charge of the territory's internal security matters, as well as acting as a delegate between the colony and the British government.
	www.informationgenius.com /encyclopedia/c/cr/crown_colony.html (787 words)

	MSN Encarta - Spanish Empire
		Spanish Empire, overseas territories in North and South America, Asia, Africa, and Oceania that were colonized and administered by Spain.
		Spain's overseas empire dates from the joint rule of Isabella of Castile and Ferdinand of Aragón, whose marriage in 1469 began the process of uniting their separate Iberian kingdoms into one Spanish nation.
		It was during their reign as Isabella I and Ferdinand V that the newly united country began to build an empire.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761595536/Spanish_Empire.html (1948 words)

	BGCI - Plant conservation - The role of botanic gardens in the conservation of Europe’s overseas territories
		A large number of plant collections from the overseas territories are held in European Member State botanic gardens and there is concern that the genetic value of this material is largely unknown.
		The UK overseas territories provide a good example of the issues facing all European overseas territories Even though the UK overseas territories are incorporated into the UK Biodiversity Action Plan (1995), only 6 groups have been included in the UK ratification of the CBD.
		Unfortunately, European overseas territories are not eligible for funding through international biodiversity funding mechanisms such as the Global Environment Facility of UNEP which are available to developing countries with high biodiversity.
	www.bgci.org /conservation/conservation_of_europes_overseas_territories.html (1490 words)

	THE OVERSEAS TERRITORIES AND COMMONWEALTHS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The territories of Guam, the United States Virgin Islands, and American Samoa, and the Commonwealths of Puerto Rico and the Northern Mariana Islands are the principal overseas dependencies of the United States.
		Puerto Rico is the largest of the overseas territories and commonwealths, both in area and in population.
		Should a U.S. citizen resident in one of the territories or commonwealths relocate to a State of the United States, he or she will have all the rights that are enjoyed by any other U.S. citizen residing in that State, including the right to vote for State and national officials.
	www.eurisles.com /Textes/statut_iles/AmericaFR.htm (5475 words)

	Wil Pineau and Al Ebanks: Self-Determination - The United Kingdom and the Overseas Territories, Cayman Islands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		It is ultimately for those people to determine freely their future political status, and in that connection, we call upon the administering powers, in cooperation with the territorial Governments, to facilitate political education programs in the territories to foster awareness of the right to self-determination, which is also a fundamental human right.
		It should be one which respects the individuality and the cultural characteristics of the territory and its peoples, and retains for the peoples of the territory which is associated with an independent State the freedom to modify the status of that territory through the expression of their will by democratic means and through constitutional processes.
		Within that framework the UK should uphold the right of the individual territories to determine their own future and to enjoy a high degree of autonomy, while assuring their defense and external relations and providing governance of a high quality.
	www.uwichill.edu.bb /bnccde/cayman/conference/papers/pineauebanks.html (2105 words)

	OVERSEAS TERRITORIES RESPOND TO REVIEW OF FINANCIAL REGULATION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The six Overseas Territories concerned today published reports setting out the steps they have taken to implement the recommendations made in the KPMG review of their systems for regulating financial institutions.
		This is the second series of detailed reports by the Overseas Territories on implementation, following their endorsement of the main elements and recommendations of the KPMG report.
		In 1999, the UK, the Caribbean Overseas Territories (Anguilla, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Montserrat and the Turks and Caicos Islands), and Bermuda had jointly commissioned an independent in-depth review by KPMG into the Overseas Territories' compliance with international standards and best practice of financial regulation, including in the field of anti-money laundering.
	accountingeducation.com /news/news2931.html (744 words)

	British Overseas Territories Act (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		There are fourteen British overseas territories: Anguilla, Bermuda, British Antarctic Territory, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, Montserrat, Pitcairn Islands, St Helena and Dependencies, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia in Cyprus, and the Turks and Caicos Islands.
		The term "overseas territories" is now in common use both within the territories and as between their governments and the British Government.
		The effect is to assimilate the qualifying territories with the United Kingdom for the purpose of calculating periods of presence which would entitle an infant or a minor, who was born outside the UK or the qualifying territories on or after the appointed day, to be registered as a British citizen.
	www.legislation.hmso.gov.uk /acts/en2002/2002en08.htm (2687 words)

	French overseas territories (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The French Overseas Departments and Territories (often abbreviated DOM-TOM) consist broadly of French administered or claimed territoriesoutside of Europe.
		These territories have varying legal statuses and different levelsof autonomy, although all have representation in the Parliamentof France, and the right to vote in elections to the EuropeanParliament.
		They include island territories in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans, a territory on the South American coast, and several periantarctic islands as well as an extensive claim in Antarctica.
	www.therfcc.org /RFCC/french-overseas-territories-353187.html (132 words)

	ECOS - A Review of Conservation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The UK Dependent Territories Conservation Forum had already drawn to the attention of UK Government the fact that its support for environmental matters in the Dependent Territories was in danger of falling down a crack between its domestic approach and its wider international support.
		The UK Overseas Territories (UKOTs) have their own identity and governing structure and are not represented in the UK Parliament, but form part of the nation-state of UK.
		As should be clear, the UK Overseas Territories Conservation Forum exists to promote the co-ordinated conservation of the diverse and increasingly threatened plant and animal species and natural habitats of the UK Dependencies.
	www.ukotcf.org /ecos.htm (5026 words)

	Turtles in the Caribbean Overseas Territories (TCOT)
		TCOT seeks to assess the status and exploitation of marine turtle populations in the UK Overseas Territories in the Caribbean.
		Despite the legislation, monitoring of the turtle harvests in most of the UK Overseas Territories in the Caribbean is inadequate and therefore the effect of these harvests on Caribbean marine turtle populations is unknown.
		TCOT is co-funded by the Department of Environment and Rural Affairs (Defra) and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Environment Fund for the Overseas Territories, with support also coming from Cheltenham and Gloucester and the various project partners.
	www.britishcheloniagroup.org.uk /testudo/v5n5richardson.htm (977 words)

	International Parental Child Abduction BRITISH OVERSEAS TERRITORIES
		American citizens who travel to the British overseas territories place themselves under the jurisdiction of their local courts.
		CUSTODY DISPUTES: In the British overseas territories, if parents are legally married they share the custody of their children.
		Persons who wish to pursue a child custody claim in any British overseas territory court should retain an attorney in the British overseas territory that they are pursuing the child custody claim.
	travel.state.gov /family/abduction_bot.html (1330 words)

	Britain's Overseas Territories and the Commonwealth
		There are 14 British overseas territories, mostly with considerable self-government, with a legislature and a civil service.
		British policy is to give independence to those overseas territories that want it, and not to force it on those which do not.
		The territories are: Anguilla; Bermuda; British Antarctic Territory; British Indian Ocean Territory; British Virgin Islands; Cayman Islands; Falkland Islands; Gibraltar; Montserrat; Pitcairn Islands (Ducie, Henderson and Oeno); South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands; St Helena; St Helena Dependencies (Ascension and Tristan da Cunha); and the Turks and Caicos Islands.
	www.anglaisfacile.com /free/civi/Britain%D5s%20Overseas%20Territories%20and%20the%20Commonwealth.htm (365 words)

	New Countries-independence movements, wars, dependences,overseas,commowealths,territories
		Kosovo (Un Administred Territory of Serbia and Montenegro): Talks for the final and definitive status for Kosovo are set to start.
		Northen Cyprus: The elections of the moderate and pro-reunification Mehmet Ali Talat is lowering the chances of a short term independence of Northen Cyprus.
		French Polynesia (France): The new independentist government is seriously committed to a road map which will lead this territory to the independence.
	www.angelfire.com /ma/maxcrc/newcountries.html (600 words)

	EUROPA - Development - Overseas Countries & Territories (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The purpose of this association, according to Article 182, is "to promote the economic and social development of the countries and territories and to establish close economic relations between them and the Community as a whole." Other particularly relevant provisions of the Treaty are Article 3 (1)(s), Article 299 and Annexe 2.
		Six French overseas territories and territorial communities (collectivités territoriales): most are in the Pacific Ocean (French Polynesia, New Caledonia and its dependencies, Wallis and Futuna), except for the Southern and Antarctic Territories, which are in the Indian Ocean (Crozet and Kerguelen Islands) and the Antarctic continent.
		Two Dutch overseas countries: Aruba and the Netherlands Antilles, which are both in the Caribbean.
	europa.eu.int /comm/development/oct/index_en.htm (333 words)

	New Zealand's source for World News on Stuff.co.nz: French overseas territories begin EU treaty vote (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		PARIS: Overseas voters cast their ballots yesterday in France's referendum on the European Union's constitution, with the "No" camp holding its lead in the final opinion polls before a vote that has Europe on tenterhooks.
		France's overseas possessions have some 1.425 million registered voters, a fraction of the total 42 million voters.
		Results from the overseas territories, which also include French Polynesia in the Pacific Ocean, will not be published until after the last mainland polling stations close.
	www.stuff.co.nz /stuff/0,2106,3295904a12,00.html (656 words)

	The Environment Protection (Overseas Territories) Order 1988 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		This Order may be cited as the Environment Protection (Overseas Territories) Order 1988 and shall come into force on 21st July 1988.
		(2) For the purpose of construing the said Act as so extended and applied as part of the law of a Territory to which it extends, "the Territory" means that Territory and "any Territory" means any of the Territories to which it extends.
		—(1) The Governor may by regulations specify in the currency of the Territory the amount which is to be taken as equivalent to the sums expressed in sterling in Schedule 1 hereto.
	www.publiclaw.uct.ac.za /jgibson/iczm/legis/si1988/19881084.htm (334 words)

	BBC - h2g2 - British Overseas Territories
		The British Overseas Territories are the remnants of the British Empire.
		These countries have a special relationship with the United Kingdom in that, even though most of these territories have their own governments, the British Government is responsible for defense and external affairs.
		The British Overseas Territories have chosen to remain British.
	tickers.bbc.co.uk /dna/ww2/A2336861 (326 words)

	British Overseas Territories Act 2002
		An Act to make provision about the name "British overseas territories" and British citizenship so far as relating to the British overseas territories.
		(1) Pursuant to section 1, British Dependent Territories citizenship is renamed "British overseas territories citizenship"; and a person having that citizenship is a "British overseas territories citizen".
		(4) A person who is a British overseas territories citizen by virtue of subsection (3) is such a citizen by descent for the purposes of the British Nationality Act 1981.
	www.hmso.gov.uk /acts/acts2002/20008--a.htm (922 words)

	The Terrorism (United Nations Measures) (Overseas Territories) Order 2001 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Any person who commits an offence under article 5(10), 8 or 9(6)(a) or (c) is guilty of a misdemeanour and shall be liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or to a fine not exceeding £5,000 or its equivalent, or to both.
		Proceedings for a misdemeanour under this Order, being an offence alleged to have been committed outside the Territory, may be instituted at any time not later than 12 months from the date on which the person charged first enters the Territory after committing the offence.
		Proceedings against any person for an offence under this Order may be taken before the appropriate court in the Territory having jurisdiction in the place where that person is for the time being.
	www.legislation.hmso.gov.uk /si/si2001/20013366.htm (3302 words)

	Britain opens door to overseas territories (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		People living in Britain's overseas territories are to have full UK citizenship restored under proposals put forward by the British Government.
		The UK has 13 overseas territories, ranging from small islands in the Caribbean, Pacific and Atlantic Oceans to the rock of Gibraltar.
		Many of Britain's overseas dependencies are remote islands which retained strong links with the UK long after the end of the British empire.
	www.netlondon.com /news/1999-11/EEDC9E088336D60D802.html (485 words)

	Caribbean Net News: UK sets out route to independence for Overseas Territories
		LONDON, England: Following discussion at the September 2004 Overseas Territories Consultative Council in London, the United Kingdom government has issued a policy statement setting out the United Kingdom's view on the method for Overseas Territories to move to independence, where that is an option.
		Mr Bill Rammell, UK Minister for the Overseas Territories, said, “The UK Government need to be satisfied that, if a territory moves to independence, it does so on the basis of the clearly and constitutionally expressed wish of its people.
		But a final decision on whether to go the referendum route, and what form the referendum might take, would need to be determined by the UK on a case-by-case basis, reflecting the uniqueness and individual characteristics of each territory," he added.
	www.caribbeannetnews.com /2005/02/12/route.shtml (259 words)

	House of Commons Hansard Written Answers for 12 Jun 2003 (pt 20)
		This is because neither IND or Immigration Service staff concentrate on the removal of asylum seekers living in specific boroughs or towns, but instead concentrate on the removal of asylum seekers from the geographical area that is covered by each Local Enforcement Office (LEO).
		To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many British Overseas Territories citizens have applied for British citizen passports since 21May 2002.
		At the end of May 2003, 12,331 applications for British citizen passports had been received from British Overseas Territories citizens resident in Overseas Territories.
	www.publications.parliament.uk /pa/cm200203/cmhansrd/vo030612/text/30612w20.htm (1284 words)

	The Iraq (United Nations Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) Order 2003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Iraq and Kuwait (United Nations Sanctions) (Dependent Territories) Order 1990[2], the Iraq and Kuwait (United Nations Sanctions) (Dependent Territories) (No. 2) Order 1990[3] and the Iraq (United Nations) (Sequestration of Assets) (Dependent Territories) Order 1993[4] are hereby revoked.
		It is immaterial whether the removal was illegal under the law of a part of the Territory or of any other country or territory.
		Provided that no person shall be guilty of an offence under this paragraph where he proves that the condition with which he failed to comply was modified, otherwise than with his consent, by the Governor after the doing of the act authorised by the licence.
	www.england-legislation.hmso.gov.uk /si/si2003/20031516.htm (6534 words)

	The Independent Sunday (London, England) : Who will save the spectacled petrel? The RSPB has accused Britain of failing ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The RSPB has accused Britain of failing in its duty to protect some of the world's rarest birds in the Overseas Territories.
		These archipelagos, including the Falklands, Tristan da Cunha, and the Pitcairns Islands, are home to 34 globally threatened birds, including rare albatrosses which are dying in their thousands on tuna fishery hooks.
		But the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) has claimed that the Government's spending on bird conservation in the Overseas Territories is dangerously low - particularly compared to the tens of millions spent every year on protecting less vulnerable British birds.
	static.highbeam.com /t/theindependentsundaylondonengland/august102003/whowillsavethespectacledpetreltherspbhasaccusedbri/index.html (334 words)

	The Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Torture) (Overseas Territories) Order 1988 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The text of this Internet version of the Statutory Instrument which is published by the Queen's Printer of Acts of Parliament has been prepared to reflect the text as it was Made.
		Where you see a "continue" button at the bottom of the page of text, this indicates that there is another chunk of text available.
		This Order may be cited as the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Torture) (Overseas Territories) Order 1988 and shall come into force on 7th January 1989.
	www.uk-legislation.hmso.gov.uk /si/si1988/Uksi_19882242_en_1.htm (466 words)

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