4.
(1)
Any person who is a British Dependent Territories
citizen by virtue (wholly or partly) of his having
a connection with Hong Kong and who, but for his
having a connection with Hong Kong, would not be
such a citizen, shall be entitled, on an application
for a passport made before the date specified in
paragraph (2) below as being applicable in his case,
to acquire the status of British National (Overseas)
on the issue to him of a passport recording that
status.
(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1) above the date
before which an application must be made is
-
(a) 1st January 1997, in the case of a person
born before 1st October 1996;
(3)
(b)
1st April 1997, in the case of a person
born after 30 September 1996 and before
1st January 1997;
(c)
1st July 1997, in the case of a person
born before 1st January 1997 who becomes
a British Dependent Territories citizen
by naturalisation or registration on or
after 1st October 1996 and before
1st July 1997;
(d) 1st October 1997, in the case of a person
born after 31 December 1996 and before
1st July 1997.
Any person who, immediately before the relevant date,
is a British National (Overseas) but not a British
Dependent Territories citizen shall on that date cease
to be a British National (Overseas).
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