The amendment introduced section 4C into the 1981 Act, which gave persons who were covered by the policy announced on 7 February 1979 a statutory entitlement to register as British citizens.
这项修正在1981年法令中增加了第4 C款，其中规定，那些适用1979年2月7日所宣布政策的人享有登记为英国公民的法定权利。