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BEFORE WHICH AN APPLICATION (SIGNIFYING A PERSON'S INTENTION TO
REMAIN A BRITISH NATIONAL) 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 30TH
SEPTEMBER 1996 AND BEFORE 1ST JANUARY 1997:
(C) 1ST OCTOBER 1997, IN THE CASE OF A PERSON BORN AFTER
31ST DECEMBER 1996 AND BEFORE 1ST JULY 1997.
(4) 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).
(5) NO PERSON SHALL ACQUIRE BRITISH DEPENDENT TERRITORIES
CITIZENSHIP ON OR AFTER THE RELEVANT DATE BY VIRTUE OF A
CONNECTION WITH HONG KONG, AND ACCORDINGLY IN SCHEDULE 6 TO THE
BRITISH NATIONALITY ACT 1981 (A) (BRITISH DEPENDENT TERRITORIES)
THE WORDS 'HONG KONG' SHALL BE OMITTED AS FROM THAT DATE.
6. -(1) WHERE A PERSON CEASES ON THE RELEVANT DATE BY VIRTUE OF
ARTICLE 3 TO BE A BRITISH DEPENDENT TERRITORIES CITIZEN OR A
BRITISH NATIONAL (OVERSEAS) AND WOULD, BUT FOR THIS PARAGRAPH,
THEREBY BE RENDERED STATELESS, THEN HE SHALL BE A BRITISH
OVERSEAS CITIZEN.
(2) WHERE A PERSON BORN ON OR AFTER THE RELEVANT DATE
WOULD, BUT FOR THIS PARAGRAPH, BE BORN STATELESS, THEN, IF AT THE
TIME OF THE BIRTH HIS FATHER OR MOTHER IS A BRITISH NATIONAL
(OVERSEAS) OR A BRITISH OVERSEAS CITIZEN BY VIRTUE OF PARAGRAPH
(1) ABOVE, HE SHALL BE A BRITISH OVERSEAS CITIZEN.
(3) A PERSON WHO IS A BRITISH OVERSEAS CITIZEN BY VIRTUE OF
PARAGRAPH (1) OR (2) ABOVE SHALL CEASE TO BE SUCH A CITIZEN IF,
IN WHATEVER CIRCUMSTANCES AND WHETHER UNDER THE BRITISH
NATIONALITY ACT 1981 OR OTHERWISE, BE ACQUIRES ANY OTHER
CITIZENSHIP OR NATIONALITY WHATEVER.
7. -(1) THE FOLLOWING PROVISIONS OF THE BRITISH NATIONALITY ACT
1981 SHALL APPLY FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS ORDER AS THEY APPLY FOR
THE PURPOSES OF THAT ACT, NAMELY
(A) SECTION 41 (REGULATIONS AND ORDERS IN COUNCIL), SO FAR
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