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DD 140030Z HONG KONG
GRS 1992
CONFIDENTIAL
DESKBY 140030Z
FM FCO 131119Z FEBRUARY 85
TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELEGRAM NUMBER 259 OF 13 FEBRUARY
HKK 040/4
1 5FEB 1985
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MIPT: HONG KONG AGREEMENT: NATIONALITY ORDER IN COUNCIL
FOLLOWING IS THE TEXT OF REVISED DRAFT ORDER IN COUNCIL:
1.
BEGINS
1.
MOSTRY
THIS ORDER MAY BE CITED AS THE HONG KONG (BRITISH
NATIONALITY) ORDER 1985 AND SHALL COME INTO OPERATION ON
1985, EXCEPT FOR ARTICLE 5 WHICH SHALL COME INTO
OPERATION ON 1ST JULY 1997.
2.
REFERENCES IN THIS ORDER TO CIRCUMSTANCES CONNECTED WITH HONG
KONG ARE REFERENCES TO ANY OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN
SCHEDULE 1.
3. -(1) SUBJECT TO PARAGRAPH (2) BELOW, ANY PERSON WHO,
IMMEDIATELY BEFORE THE RELEVANT DATE (1ST JULY 1997), IS A
BRITISH DEPENDENT TERRITORIES CITIZEN BY VIRTUE (WHOLLY OR
PARTLY) OF CIRCUMSTANCES CONNECTED WITH HONG KONG SHALL ON THAT
DATE CEASE TO BE SUCH A CITIZEN.
(2) PARAGRAPH (1) ABOVE SHALL NOT APPLY TO ANY PERSON WHO,
IMMEDIATELY BEFORE THE RELEVANT DATE, IS A BRITISH DEPENDENT
TERRITORIES CITIZEN BY VIRTUE OF CIRCUMSTANCES WHICH DO NOT
INCLUDE CIRCUMSTANCES CONNECTED WITH HONG KONG.
4. (1)
ANY PERSON WHO IS A BRITISH DEPENDENT TERRITORIES
CITIZEN BY VIRTUE OF CIRCUMSTANCES CONNECTED WITH HONG KONG SHALL
BE ENTITLED, BEFORE THE RELEVANT DATE (OR, IF BORN IN 1997 BEFORE THAT DATE, BEFORE THE END OF THAT YEAR) TO BE REGISTERED AS SUCH A PERSON, ON APPLICATION MADE BEFORE THE DATE SPECIFIED IN
PARAGRAPH (3) BELOW AS BEING APPLICABLE IN HIS CASE.
(2) PERSONS REGISTERED UNDER PARAGRAPH (1) ABOVE SHALL
HAVE A NEW FORM OF BRITISH NATIONALITY AND SHALL BE KNOWN AS
BRITISH NATIONALS (OVERSEAS).
(3)
FOR THE PURPOSES OF PARAGRAPH (1) ABOVE THE DATE
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