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FM HONG KONG 070529Z OCT 81
TO PRIORITY FCO
TELEGRAM NUMBER 902 OF 7 OCTOBER
INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG GOVT OFFICE LONDON
FOR CLIFT FROM DAVIES
NATIONALITY BILL
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WE NOTICE THAT, AMONG THE GOVERNMENT AMENDMENTS TO BE MOVED AT REPORT STAGE IN THE LORDS, THERE IS ONE WHICH SEEKS TO ADD TO SCHEDULE 7 AN AMENDMENT TO THE DEEP SEA MINING (TEMPORARY PROVISIONS) ACT 1981 TO DEFINE ''UNITED KINGDOM NATIONAL '' AS INCLUDING A BRITISH CITIZEN, A CBDT, A BOC, ETC.
2. SCHEDULE 7 ALSO ALREADY CONTAINS AN AMENDMENT TO THE STATE IMMUNITY ACT 1978 SO AS TO DEFINE ''NATIONAL OF THE UNITED KINGDOM''
AS INCLUDING CBDTS.
3. WHILE WE RECOGNISE THAT WE SHOULD NOT READ TOO MUCH INTO THESE
CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS, THEIR EXISTENCE APPEARS TO REDUCE
THE STRENGTH OF HOME OFFICE'S STAND IN RESISTING THE INTRODUCTION
OF THE TERM "UNITED KINGDOM NATIONAL '' INTO WHAT THEY DESCRIBED
AS 'MUNICIPAL' LEGISLATION.
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