3Enactment of legislation by Parliament of United Kingdom
(1)Except as provided by subsections (2) to (4) of this section, no Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed on or after the appointed day shall extend, or be deemed to extend, to an associated state as part of its law, unless it is expressly declared in that Act that that state has requested and consented to its being enacted.
(2)Where any Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom contains a provision expressly declaring—
(a)that that Act, or an enactment contained in it which is specified in that provision, extends to all associated states, or to such one or more associated states as may be so specified, and
(b)that it is required so to extend in the interests of the responsibilities of Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom relating to defence and external affairs,
that Act, or that enactment, as the case may be, shall extend in accordance with that provision notwithstanding anything in the preceding subsection.
(3)Where any Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom amends the law relating to nationality or citizenship, and contains a provision expressly declaring that the Act, or (where the Act relates also to other matters) an enactment contained in it which amends the law relating to nationality or citizenship and is specified in that provision, extends to all associated states, or to such one or more associated states as may be so specified, the Act, or that enactment, as the case may be, shall extend in accordance with that provision notwithstanding anything in subsection (1) of this section.
(4)Subsection (1) of this section shall not apply to any Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, or to any enactment contained in such an Act, in so far as it relates to the Succession to the Throne or the Royal Style and Titles.
(5)Notwithstanding anything in the [1889 c. 63.] Interpretation Act 1889, the expression " colony " in any Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed on or after the appointed day shall not include an associated state.