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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.
(2)
WHERE A PERSON BORN ON OR AFTER 1ST JULY 1997 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 BORN STATELESS ON OR AFTER 1ST JULY 1997 OUTSIDE
THE DEPENDENT TERRITORIES SHALL BE ENTITLED, ON AN APPLICATION
FOR HIS REGISTRATION AS A BRITISH OVERSEAS CITIZEN MADE WITHIN
THE PERIOD OF TWELVE MONTHS FROM THE DATE OF THE BIRTH, TO BE
REGISTERED AS SUCH A CITIZEN IF THE REQUIREMENTS SPECIFIED IN
PARAGRAPH (4) BELOW ARE FULFILLED IN THE CASE OF EITHER THAT
PERSON'S FATHER OR HIS MOTHER ('THE PARENT IN QUESTION').
(4) THE REQUIREMENTS REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPH (3) ABOVE ARE
(A) THAT THE PARENT IN QUESTION WAS A BRITISH OVERSEAS
CITIZEN BY VIRTUE OF PARAGRAPH (2) ABOVE AT THE TIME OF THE
BIRTH: AND
(B) THAT THE FATHER OR MOTHER OF THE PARENT IN QUESTION
WAS, IMMEDIATELY BEFORE 1ST JULY 1997, A BRITISH DEPENDENT
TERRITORIES CITIZEN OTHERWISE THAN BY DESCENT BY VIRTUE OF
HAVING A CONNECTION WITH HONG KONG OR WOULD HAVE BEEN SO BUT FOR
HIS OR HER DEATH.
(5) IF IN THE SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES OF ANY PARTICULAR CASE
THE SECRETARY OF STATE THINKS FIT, HE MAY TREAT PARAGRAPH (3)
ABOVE AS IF THE REFERENCE TO TWELVE MONTHS WERE A REFERENCE TO
SIX YEARS.
BRITISH NATIONALITY ACT 1981
7.-(1) THE PROVISIONS OF THE BRITISH NATIONALITY ACT 1981 ('THE
1981 ACT') SPECIFIED IN PARAGRAPHS (2) TO (9) BELOW SHALL HAVE
EFFECT SUBJECT TO THE AMENDMENTS THERE SPECIFIED.
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