British Overseas Territories and coat of arms by the British monarch. Traditionally, the flags follow the Blue Ensign design, with the Union Flag in the canton, and the territory's coat of arms in the fly. Exceptions to this are Bermuda which uses a Red Ensign; British Antarctic Territory which uses a White Ensign; British Indian Ocean Territory which uses a Blue Ensign with wavy lines to symbolise the sea; and Gibraltar which uses a banner of its coat of arms (the flag of the city of Gibraltar). Akrotiri and Dhekelia and Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha are the only British overseas
British Overseas Territories citizen but British Dependent Territories citizenship was lost for those persons, unless there was a connection with a remaining dependent territory. BDTCs solely connected with Hong Kong lost that status on 1 July 1997 upon transfer of sovereignty to the People's Republic of China. To close a possible loophole created in "British Overseas Territories Act 2002", which made provision to substitute the wording of "British Dependent Territories" with "British Overseas Territories" in "British Nationality Act 1981" among other new provisions, further clarification was made. Article 14 of the subsequent "Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002", stated specifically that a person may