(1)
British Dependent Territories citizenship for people closely connected with British dependent territories;
do not acquire either
other citizenships,
of the
No one who is now citizenship.
is a parallel citizenship to British citizenship
(c)
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United Kingdom;
Dependent
be held by
right of entry
in, one oP MO
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British dependent Seppitopi
and
British Overseas citizenship,
to be held by existing citizens
of the United Kingdom and
Colonies who will not fall
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within either of the previous
categories,
citizen of the united kingdom and Colonies will be left without
This new cheme of citizenship is designed
to relate citizenship clearly with the right of abode
and I must stress that th three categories of citizenship
are parallel to each other? There is no question of
citizenship of the British Dependent Territories being
a "second class" citizenship
I must stress that British Dependent Territories citizenship? It will link people holding that citizenship to one or more of the British
In the course of considering proposals for a dependent territories.
new nationality law, Her Majesty's Government has taken
full account of the interests and concerns of Hong Kong,
as reflected by Hong Kong Government officials, Unofficial
Members of the Executive and Legislative Councils and
various other interested parties. Where the provisions
of the British Nationality Bill, as originally drafted,
were shown to have unintended adverse effects on the
position of citizens of the British dependent territories,
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