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Last updated: 02 November 2009

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Originally administered as a Dependency of the Falkland Islands, the BAT became an Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom in its own right by Order in Council on 3 March 1962. It is administered by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) and the Commissioner for the BAT is the Head of the FCO's Overseas Territories Directorate. The BAT has a full suite of laws, and legal and postal administrations.

In 2008 the BAT will commemorate the Centenary of the granting of Letters Patent by issuing its first ever legal tender coin.

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