Solomon Islands Act 1978

4 British protected persons

(1) A person who immediately before Independence Day is a British protected person by virtue of his connection with the Solomon Islands protectorate—

(a) shall cease to be a British protected person on that day if he then becomes a citizen of Solomon Islands or is then a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies; but

(b) otherwise, shall continue on and after that day to be a British protected person, subject to subsection (3) below.

(2) A person born on or after Independence Day and before 7th July 1980 shall become a British protected person if—

(a) he does not at birth acquire another nationality or become a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies ; and

(b) his father was born in Solomon Islands and is, at the date of the birth, a British protected person by virtue of subsection (1).

(3) A person who continues to be a British protected person under subsection (1), or becomes one under subsection (2), shall cease to be a British protected person—

(a) on becoming at any time a citizen of Solomon Islands or of the United Kingdom and Colonies ;

(b) on 7th July 1980, if he then has another nationality; or

(c) after that day, on acquiring another nationality.

(4) A person who becomes a British protected person on 7th July 1980 by virtue of section 2(4) of this Act shall cease to be a British protected person if, on or after that day, he becomes a citizen of Solomon Islands or of the United Kingdom and Colonies, or acquires another nationality.

(5) In section 32(1) of the 1948 Act, at the end of the definition of " British protected person " there shall be added " or is a British protected person by virtue of the Solomon Islands Act 1978 ".