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FM FCO 0414472 FEB 85
TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELEGRAM NUMBER 217 OF 4 FEBRUARY
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING
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MIPT HONG KONG BILL : TITLE OF NEW FORM OF NATIONALITY
FOLLOWING IS A REVISED QUESTION AND ANSWER BRIEF
Q1. RIGHTS OF BN (0)'S.
Al.
INTENDED THAT THESE SHOULD BE BROADLY SAME AS BDTC UNDER UK LAW, EXCEPT FOR TRANSMISSIBILITY. SPECIFICALLY, BN(0)'S ENTITLED TO TRAVEL ON BRITISH PASSPORTS AND TO RECEIVE BRITISH CONSULAR
PROTECTION IN THIRD COUNTRIES. ALSO ENTITLED TO APPLY FOR
REGISTRATION AS BRITISH CITIZENS UNDER SECTION 4 OF BNA 1981.
RIGHT OF ABODE.
Q2.
A2.
BDTC CARRIES RIGHT OF ABODE IN A BRITISH DEPENDENT TERRITORY
UNDER LOCAL LEGISLATION. HONG KONG WILL CEASE TO BE BRITISH
DEPENDENT TERRITORY AS FROM 1 JULY 1997. THEREFORE RIGHT OF
ABODE IN HONG KONG WILL NOT BE WITHIN HMG'S POWERS TO PRESCRIBE.
HOWEVER, CLEAR AND SPECIFIC PROVISIONS INCLUDED IN SECTION XIV OF ANNEX I TO JOINT DECLARATION AND WILL BE STIPULATED IN BASIC
LAW.
Q3.
A3.
SAR.
STATEMENT OF RIGHT OF ABODE IN BN(0) PASSPORTS.
AFTER 1997 NOT FOR HMG TO STATE WHO HAS RIGHT OF ABODE IN
BUT SECTION XIV OF ANNEX 1 STIPULATES THAT HOLDERS OF
PERMANENT SAR IDENTITY CARDS MAY HAVE THIS FACT STATED IN THEIR
TRAVEL DOCUMENTS AS EVIDENCE THAT THE HOLDERS HAVE THE RIGHT OF
ABODE IN THE HONG KONG SAR. HMG WILL BE DISCUSSING WITH THE
CHINESE AUTHORITIES THE WORDING OF THE STATEMENT TO BE INCLUDED
IN BN(0) PASSPORTS.
Q4.
A4.
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN NATIONALITY AND CITIZENSHIP.
NATIONALITY A CONCEPT OF INTERNATIONAL LAW AND CITIZENSHIP A CONCEPT OF MUNICIPAL LAW. UNDER UK LAW BRITISH NATIONALITY
DIVIDED INTO DIFFERENT CATEGORIES OF CITIZENSHIP.
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