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1981 c.61.

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(3)

(b) for the avoidance of statelessness; and

(c) for amending the British Nationality Act 1981

and any other enactment.

No Order shall be made under this paragraph unless

a draft of it has been laid before and approved by a resolution of

each House of Parliament.

3.-(1)

1

Adaptation of existing law

Her Majesty may by Order in Council make, with

respect to any time before, on or after the date mentioned in

subsection (1) of section 1 of this Act, such provision as appears to

Her Majesty to be necessary or expedient in consequence of the

provisions of that section

(a) for repealing or amending any Act or any

instrument made under any Act so far as it is

part of the law of Hong Kong;

(b) for repealing or amending so far as it relates

to Hong Kong any Act or any instrument

made under any Act forming part of the law

of, or of any part of, the United Kingdom;

and

(c) for enabling the legislature of Hong Kong to

repeal or amend any such Act or instrument

as is mentioned in paragraph (a) above and to

make laws having extra-territorial operation.

(2) A statutory instrument containing an Order under

this paragraph shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a

resolution of either House of Parliament.

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