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Annex B of the British Nationality Act 1981

TERRITORIES FORMING PART OF THE COMMONWEALTH

Antigua and Barbuda
Bahamas
Bangladesh (formerly East Pakistan)
Barbados
Belize (formerly British Honduras)
Botswana (formerly Bechuanaland Protectorate)
Brunei
Cameroon
Cyprus
Dominica
Fiji (suspended)
The Gambia
Ghana
Grenada (formerly British Guiana)
Guyana
India
Jamaica
Kenya
Kiribati (formerly Gilbert Islands)
Lesotho (formerly Basutoland)
Malawi (formerly Nyasaland)
Malaysia
Maldives
Malta
Mauritius
Mozambique
Namibia
Nauru
Nigeria
Pakistan
Papua New Guinea
Rwanda
St. Kitts and Nevis
St. Lucia
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Samoa
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Solomon Islands
South Africa
Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon)
Swaziland
Tanzania (formerly Tanganyika and Zanzibar)
Tonga (or Friendly Islands)
Trinidad and Tobago
Tuvalu (formerly Ellice Islands)
Uganda
Vanuatu (formerly New Hebrides)
Zambia (formerly Northern Rhodesia)
Zimbabwe (suspended) (formerly Southern Rhodesia and Rhodesia)

Dependencies/
Associated State/
Protected State/
Trust Territory

Australian external territories: Australian Antarctic Territory (including MacDonald, Heard and Macquarie Island) Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Norfolk Island
the former colony of the Gold Coast (including Ashanti the former Northern Territories of the Gold Coast the former UK Trust Territory of Togoland
Malaysia including the Federation of Malaya comprising the former Protected States of Johore Kedah Kelantan Negri Sembilan Pahang Perak Perlis Selangor Trengganu the former Crown Colonies of Malacca and Penang (including Province Wellesley) the former colony of Sabah (formerly British North Borneo) the former colony of Sarawak
Nigeria including Northern Cameroons
Colonies and Dependencies Niue Ross Dependency Tokelau (formerly Union Islands) Associated State Cook Islands
Crown Dependencies Channel Islands Isle of Man Colonies Anguilla Bermuda British Antarctic Territory British Indian Ocean Territory British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Falkland Islands and Dependencies Gibraltar Montserrat Pitcairn Henderson Ducie Oeno Islands St Helena and Dependencies (principally Ascension Island and Tristan de Cunha) Turks and Caicos Islands The Sovereign base areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia Definitions Dependent Territory: A territory belonging by settlement, conquest or annexation to the British Crown or to an independent Commonwealth country. Associated State: A state which is fully self-governing and has its own Parliament, but as a full member of the Commonwealth is responsible for its external affairs and defence. The association can be terminated at any time should an associated state opt for full independence. Protected State: A territory which, while retaining its own sovereignty, has entered into a treaty giving the British Government certain rights and responsibilities. Its people are British protected persons. Trust Territory: A territory (formerly a colony of a nation defeated in war) whose administration was entrusted to Britain by the United Nations Trusteeship Council.

Source: Annex B of the British Nationality Act (1981 c 61) - The territories forming part of the Commonwealth