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We note that paragraph 7 of Annex II to the Joint
Declaration states that each side shall "designate" 5
members of the group. It does not use the word
"nominate".
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Paragraph 2(1)
It seems that the words ", on application,
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are not necessary.
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Without those words we think
it would be open to the Order in Council to
provide that
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that one of the conditions of acquisition of the new
status must be the making of an application, and
that such an application must be made before a certain
date. However, I enclose a copy of John Pakenham-
Walsh's letter to me of 22 November, in which he
questions whether and I should be grateful for your
advice on the doubts he expresses.
arises from the fact
(a),
Another difficulty with this sub-paragraph that
the first five lines establishes a class of persons,
i.e. persons who on 30 June 1997 have a certain
nationality status. The remainder of this sub-
paragraph, read in conjunction with sub-paragraph 2(a)
enables the acquisition of the new form of nationality
to take place before 30 June 1997. However, it seems
to us impossible for a person to establish before that
date what his nationality status will be on that date.
He cannot for example even predict that he will en be
alive on that date. This seems therefore to defeat
the object of the scheme for acquiring the new status
during the next 12 years. It may therefore be
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