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(b) No person will acquire BDTC status on or after 1 July 1997 by
virtue of a connection with Hong Kong. No person born on or after 1
July 1997 will acquire the status referred to as being appropriate
in sub-paragraph (a).
Detailed amendments to the BNA 1981 will be necessary to bring these
provisions into effect. The Bill has been worded in such a way as
without
to indicate the main
purposes of the Order in Council,
restricting the terms
of the Order too narrowly.
indicate when the Order in Council will be introduced.
It does not
they will be
The proposed legislation does not cover the following provisions in
the UK Memorandum relating to the issue of passports: implemented under the Royal Prerogative.
in the Hong Kong Special
(c) United Kingdom consular officials
Administrative Region and elsewhere may renew and replace passports persons mentioned in sub-paragraph (a) and may also issue them to
persons, born before 1 July 1997 of such persons, who had previously
been included in the passport of their parent.
of
(d) Those who have obtained or been included in passports issued by
the Government of the United Kingdom under sub-paragraphs (a) and
(c) will be entitled to receive, upon request, British
services and protection when in third countries.
consular
Order
in
status
by
enabling power for the
or acquisition of BDTC
Kong on or after 1 July 1997.
depends on a connection with Hong
Paragraph 2 (1)(a) provides an
Council to prevent the retention
virtue of a connection with Hong
Persons whose claim to that status
Kong will thus
thus lose the status. But persons who qualify for it both
by virtue of a connection with Hong Kong and also on account of a
connection with another British dependent territory will retain the
status because of the latter.
new form of
Paragraph ( 2 ) ( 1 ) ( b ) allows the Order to specify a
British nationality which may be acquired before 1 July 1997 by
persons who are BDTCs by virtue of a connection with Hong Kong (or
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