Talk:Overseas territory of the United Kingdom

message: This article looks like it'd be a good a place to discuss the steps and when each of the territory was renamed from "colony"/"crown colonies" progressively to "overseas territory". I could only find out that the UK parliament voted in 1997 to rename all "dependent territories/overseas dependencies" as "overseas territories". But when was it enacted in each of the territory? --Kvasir 18:38, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Renaming the status 

message: I have editted the article to remove gender bias toward males. There have been many women who have served as Commissioners/Governors/Administrators. Among these is Louise Savill, a former BIOT Administrator and Deborah Barnes Jones, the Governor of Montserrat. I feel this male bias is disrespectful. - Hoshie.Crat 07:43, 16 May 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  removed gender bias 

message: Could it be explicitly said whether British overseas territory are part of the European Union? --Abdull 21:52, 11 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: See Special member state territories and their relations with the EU for full details. Anyway, here's the short version: Gibraltar is considered a part of the EU as it joined when the rest of UK did. All of other BOTs (including WSBA and ESBA) aren't in the EU. - Hoshie |  07:56, 14 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  British overseas territories part of EU? 

message: I have removed the comment "Gibraltarians are considered UK nationals for EU purposes".
It's a true statement - British overseas territories citizens (BOTCs) connected with Gibraltar are UK nationals for EU purposes, the only BOTCs to have that status on the basis of being BOTC.
However, since 21 May 2002, people in all other British territories bar the Sovereign Base Areas have full British citizenship which they hold alongside BOTC.   So because of their British citizenship (and not because of BOTC), persons from Bermuda, St Helena, Cayman Islands etc are also UK nationals for EU purposes.
However the Overseas Territories other than Gibraltar are not part of the EU and do not vote in 'European elections'.  JAJ 05:38, 21 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Gibraltarians - UK nationals for EU purposes 

message: "The term "Overseas territory" has only been used since 2002 ... The term does not apply ... to the Sovereign Base Areas in Cyprus which are governed by the British military."
According to Schedule 6 of the British Nationality Act 1981, the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia are a British overseas territory on the same basis as any other.   
The fact that British overseas territories citizens solely connected with the SBAs are not entitled to British citizenship is irrelevant.
There's no reason I can see why they should be excluded from the article.  JAJ 04:01, 10 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  Legally and constitutionally they are an Overseas Territory and it's best to mention them in this article.   The two main differences I can see are: a. practical jurisdiction is exercised by the MoD rather than the FCO, and b.  British Overseas Territories citizens from the SBAs are excluded from British citizenship under the British Overseas Territories Act 2002.   JAJ 02:44, 12 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sovereign Base Areas 

message: I removed the following from the end of the citizenship section:
:Other uninhabited territories such as British Antarctic Territory and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
I removed it because, obviously, it doesn't make any sense. If anyone knows what it's supposed to say, have at 'er. FireWorks 05:46, 11 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Citizenship