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b)
Amendment of the British Nationality Act
1981 to create a new status for British ies
Dependent Territory citizens who enjoy
that status by virtue of their
connection with Hong Kong;
(c) Modification of United Kingdom
enactments consequent upon termination
of United Kingdom sovereignty.
(d)
Granting of diplomatic privileges and
immunities to the Chinese members of the
Joint Liaison Group when it meets in
London.
We
(c) and (d) are relatively straightfoward.
envisage that (c) will be dealt with by enabling clauses
allowing the detailed provisions to be made by Order in
Council, or in certain cases by Hong Kong legislation.
(d) would be dealt with by a short clause in the Bill.
These procedures will be explained in more detail in our
paper.
The major points to be resolved relate to (a) and (b)
The termination of sovereignty in the ceded territories
could be made either:
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