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(b) Annex 1 setting out in detail Chinese policies towards Hong Kong after 1997.
(c) Annex 2 setting out the terms of reference of a Joint Liaison
Group to continue cooperation between the British and Chinese Governments from the entry into force of the Agreement until the
year 2000:
(d) Annex 3 dealing with land, and
(e) In addition, there will be an Exchange of Memoranda between the
two Governments at the same time as signature dealing with the
future status of those who are
present British Dependent
Territories Citizens.
With the exception of the Memoranda on nationality, the documents
are legally binding on the two sides by virtue of paragraph 7 of the
Joint Declaration.
THE CONTENT OF THE LEGISLATION
4.
The following aspects of these arrangements requiring UK
legislation have been identified:
(a) The termination of sovereignty over the ceded territories with
effect from 1 July 1997:
a new
(b) Amendment of the British Nationality Act 1981
status for British 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: these would be mainly the
technical modifications customarily made in Independence Acts, often
in a schedule, when a territory ceases to be a dependent territory
of the UK. They are on topics such as ships, aircraft, copyright,
and perhaps oil pollution and crimes against internationally
protected persons. The main effect of them is to modify the law in the United Kindgdom and they should not be controversial.
It would
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