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Those
arrangements
Necessity for Act of Parliament
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Even if the new arrangements gave the UK power to
administer Hong Kong after relinquishing sovereignty
over the ceded areas (and perhaps also agreeing to
premature termination of the lease of the New Territories)
seem to
an Act of Parliament would be required to sanction the
relinquishment of sovereignty and any
limitations on the powers of Parliament to legislate
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for Hong Kong or on the responsibility of HMG for the
government of Hong Kong.
The Foreign Jurisdiction Act
8.
Provision for the exercise of the Crown's power
and jurisdiction in a foreign country is to be found in
the Foreign Jurisdiction Act 1890 and this Act could
be used to implement arrangements for the exercise of
jurisdiction in Hong Kong by Order in Council once it
ceased to be a colony. Given that relinquishment of
UK sovereignty over the ceded areas would require an
Act of Parliament, however, it would be more appropriate
for that Act to include fresh enabling provisions in
relation to Hong Kong.
The British Nationality Act 1981
[be.
Any change in the law relating to the status of
would in-futune persons who were or :
British Dependent Territories
citizens by virtue of their connection with Hong Kong
would require an amendment to the British Nationality Act 1981 (because Hong Kong is included in Schedule €
of that Act as a British Dependent Territory) whether
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