“ Provided that the fact that an Act, enactment or instrument refers to a British subject, or to, or to any part of, His Majesty’s dominions, or to a British or British-built ship or aircraft, without referring to a citizen of the Republic of Ireland, to the Republic of Ireland or to a ship or aircraft of or built in the Republic of Ireland shall not of itself be taken as indicating a contrary intention for the purposes of this subsection, and the same principle of construction shall be applied to other similar expressions. ”

“ Notwithstanding anything in the Representation of the People Act, 1948, a person shall not be entitled to vote as an elector at an election of a person to serve as a Member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for a constituency in Northern Ireland unless he was resident in Northern Ireland during the whole of the period of three months ending on the qualifying date for that election. ”

“ Nothing in this section affects the position of any person who, on the coming into force of the British Nationality Act, 1948 became a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies or a British subject without citizenship apart from the provisions of this section.
Residence qualification for electors in constituencies in Northern Ireland. ”