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shall on that date cease to be such a citizen.
Right to acquire new status of British National (Overseas)
4.-(1) On and after 1st July 1987 there shall be a new
form of British nationality the holders of which shall be known
as British Nationals (Overseas).
(2) 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
citizen shall be entitled, before
1st July 1997 (or before the end of 1997 if born in that year
before that date), to be registered as a British National (Overseas)
on being issued with or included in a passport appropriate to that
status.
(3) Any person who, immediately before 1st July 1997, is a
British National (Overseas) but not a British Dependent Territories
citizen shall on that date cease to be a British National
(Overseas).
Removal of Hong Kong from list of dependent territories
1981
5. On and after 1st July 1997 the British Nationality Act
(a)
shall have effect as if in Schedule 6 to that Act (British
Dependent Territories) the words "Hong Kong" were omitted.
Provisions for reducing statelessness
6.-(1) Where a person ceases on 1st July 1997 by virtue
of Article 3 to be a British Dependent Territories citizen or by
virtue of Article 4(3) to be a British National (Overseas) and
would, but for this paragraph, thereby be rendered stateless,
he shall become on that date a British Overseas citizen.
(a) 1981 c.61.
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