Solomon Islands Act 1978 (c. 15)

(1) On and after 7th July 1978 (“Independence Day”) the territories which immediately before that day are comprised in the Solomon Islands protectorate shall together form part of Her Majesty’s dominions under the name of Solomon Islands; and on and after that day Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom shall have no responsibility for the government of those territories. (2) No Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom passed on or after Independence Day shall extend or be deemed to extend to Solomon Islands as part of its law. (3) Subsection (1) above shall not affect the operation in Solomon Islands of any enactment or any other instrument having the effect of law passed or made before Independence Day, or be taken to extend any such enactment or instrument to Solomon Islands as part of its law.

(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1 (2) A person who, immediately before Independence Day, is a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies and has (within section 3 below) a connection with the Solomon Islands protectorate shall cease to be such a citizen on becoming (on that day or later) a citizen of Solomon Islands. (3) A person born on or after Independence Day, but before 7th July 1980— (a) who is at birth a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies by descent only; and (b) whose father was immediately before Independence Day a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies and then had (within section 3) a connection with the protectorate, shall cease to be such a citizen on becoming a citizen of Solomon Islands. (4) A person referred to in subsection (2) or (3) above, if before 7th July 1980 he has not become a citizen of Solomon Islands— (a) shall on that day cease to be a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies; and (b) unless he then has another nationality, shall on that day become a British protected person. Textual Amendments F1 Ss. 2(1) , 4(5) repealed by British Nationality Act 1981 (c. 61, SIF 87) , Sch. 9