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1 AUG 1985
FM HONG KONG 31075OZ JUL 25
TO IMMEDIATE F CO
TELEGRAM NUMBER 1558 OF 31 JULY
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING
FOR IP FROM MORTIMER
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YOUR TELNO 1094 HONG KONG AGREEMENT : NATIONALITY ORDER
IN COUNCIL.
MY COMMENTS ON THE TEXT OF THE DRAFT ORDER IN COUNCIL ARE
(A) ARTICLE 2(1)(B)(11)
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(1) SINCE IT HAS BEEN RESOLVED IN ARTICLE 2(1)(A)(IV) THAT A PERSON ACQUIRES BRITISH DEPENDENT TERRITORIES CITIZENSHIP BY ADOPTION ONLY IF ONE ADOPTIVE PARENT IS A BDTC, THE REFERENCE TO ! 'ADOPTED IN HONG KONG IN THIS ARTICLE SEEMS MISLEADING. IT SHOULD PERHAPS BE MODIFIED ALONG THE LINES OF ARTICLE 2(1)(A)(IV): AND
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(11) THE PHRASE IN PARENTHESIS 1.E. WHETHER BEFORE OR AFTER THE BIRTH OF THE PERSON REGISTERED AS IT NOW STANDS SEEMS TO APPLY TO ALL THE FIVE POSSIBILITIES WHEN IN FACT IT IS IRRELEVANT TO BIRTH OR ADOPTION. SOME STYLISTIC AMENMENTS ARE PREFERABLE.
(E) SHOULD THE DATE OF THE ORDER MENTIONED IN ARTICLES 7(8) AND 7(9)(A) READ 1986 INSTEAD OF 1985?
2. IN THE COURSE OF PUBLICISING THE ORDER IN COUNCIL PROCEDURE FOR
PUBLIC SCRUTINY AND COMMENTS, IT MAY BE USEFUL TO EMPHASISE THAT
THIS IS ONLY A TECHNICAL MEASURE GIVING EFFECT TO THE PROVISIONS
OUTLINED IN THE UK MEMORANDUM ASSOCIATED WITH THE SINO-BRITISH JOINT DECLARATION AND PROVIDED FOR IN THE SCHEDULE TO THE HONG KONG ACT
1985.
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