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Any person who is a British Dependent Territories
citizen by virtue (wholly or partly) of his having
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a connection with Hong Kong and who/ but for his
(as defined in clotil 3) a Britic Depander Temitong other Them having a connection) with
with Hong Kong, would not be
such a citizen,† shall be entitled, on an application made before the date specified in paragraph (2) below
as being applicable in his case, to be registered as
a British National (Overseas).
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;
(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 October 1996 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,
1Jnds 1957
is a British National (Overseas) but not a British
Dependent Territories citizen shall on that date cease
to be a British National (Overseas).