MEANING OF “CROWN SERVICE”
10. In this leaflet, “Crown service” means Crown service:
• under the United Kingdom Government (e.g. members of Her Majesty’s Forces, the
Home Civil Service and Her Majesty’s Diplomatic Service), or
• under the Northern Ireland Government, or
• under the Scottish Administration, or
• under the Welsh Assembly Government (from 6 November 2009), or
• under the governments of the qualifying territories (since 21 May 2002)
“Crown service” does not include service under the governments of former British overseas
territories, Commonwealth countries of which Her Majesty the Queen is Head of State or what
used to be self-governing dominions (but such service may be treated as designated service –
see paragraph 11(a) below).
This is from page 5 of the following link :
http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitec ... iew=Binary