1. This Order may be cited as the British Dependent Territories Citizenship (Designated Service) Order 1982 and shall come into operation on 1st January 1983.
2. The descriptions of service specified in the Schedule to this Order are hereby designated for the purposes of section 16 of the British Nationality Act 1981 (which relates to acquisition of British Dependent Territories citizenship by persons born outside the dependent territories).
W.S.I. Whitelaw
One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State
Home Office
1st December 1982