Editing Law of the United Kingdom (section)

===British Overseas Territories===
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Though not considered internal to the boundaries of United Kingdom, the UK maintains control over British Overseas Territories. Unlike Commonwealth realms, BOTs fall within the [[Monarchy of the United Kingdom]]. The [[Judicial Committee of the Privy Council]] is the court of final appeal. Three of the BOT are uninhabited, and [[Akrotiri and Dhekelia]] is military property; in these places, the UK government rules directly and on all matters.

The inhabited British Overseas Territories do not have representation in the UK parliament, and are thus on the [[United Nations list of non-self-governing territories]]. Gibraltar, prior to Brexit, was the only BOT which was a part of the European Union, and residents voted for a representative in the European Parliament in the [[South West England (European Parliament constituency)|South West England]] district. Prior to Brexit all citizens of British Overseas Territories were EU citizens, even though [[European Union law]] only applied in Gibraltar and the United Kingdom proper.

The inhabited territories each have their own legal system, based largely on English common law, with autonomy varying considerably with the size of the population. For example, [[Bermuda]], Gibraltar, and the [[Falkland Islands]] are autonomously governed by their locally elected parliaments, with the UK responsible only for defence and foreign affairs and granting limited autonomy to local governments to have relations with other countries and international organizations. On the sparsely populated [[Pitcairn Islands]], the representative of the UK government has nearly unlimited power.

[[British nationality law|Citizenship and nationality law]] is governed by the UK parliament. Immigration is controlled by local governments. The UK parliament retains the ultimate legislative power, and ensures [[good governance]].