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AT THE TIME OF SIGNATURE OF THE TREATY OF ACCESSION , THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND MAKE THE FOLLOWING DECLARATION :

" AS TO THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND , THE TERMS " NATIONALS " , " NATIONALS OF MEMBER STATES " OR " NATIONALS OF MEMBER STATES AND OVERSEAS COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES " WHEREVER USED IN THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY , THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMUNITY OR THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN COAL AND STEEL COMMUNITY OR IN ANY OF THE COMMUNITY ACTS DERIVING FROM THOSE TREATIES , ARE TO BE UNDERSTOOD TO REFER TO :

( A ) PERSONS WHO ARE CITIZENS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND COLONIES OR BRITISH SUBJECTS NOT POSSESSING THAT CITIZENSHIP OR THE CITIZENSHIP OF ANY OTHER COMMONWEALTH COUNTRY OR TERRITORY , WHO , IN EITHER CASE , HAVE THE RIGHT OF ABODE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM , AND ARE THEREFORE EXEMPT FROM UNITED KINGDOM IMMIGRATION CONTROL ;

( B ) PERSONS WHO ARE CITIZENS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND COLONIES BY BIRTH OR BY REGISTRATION OR NATURALIZATION IN GIBRALTAR , OR WHOSE FATHER WAS SO BORN , REGISTERED OR NATURALIZED . "