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YOUR TELNO 1742: HONG KONG AGREEMENT: NATIONALITY ORDER IN
COUNCIL
1. WE HAVE DISCUSSED YOUR TUR WITH THE HOME OFFICE AND HAVE THE
FOLLOWING COMMENTS ON POINTS ARISING FROM IT:
A.
1.
ARTICLE 2(1)(D)
SORRY IF OUR PREVIOUS EXPLANATION WAS NOT CLEAR. THE
CONNECTIVE ELEMENTS OF ARTICLE 2(1) ARE NOT MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE.
CHILDREN BORN IN ANOTHER DEPENDENT TERRITORY OF HONG KONG BDTCS
ARE ALREADY COVERED BY ARTICLE 2(1)(A) OR (B) OR POSSIBLY (C).
THE DELETION OF ARTICLE 2(1)(D) WOULD NOT THEREFORE AFFECT THEIR
POSITION. THEY WOULD STILL BE REGARDED AS HAVING A CONNECTION
WITH HONG KONG UNDER THE RELEVANT PROVISION OF ARTICLE 2(1) AND
WOULD THEREFORE LOSE THEIR BDTC STATUS ON 1 JULY 1997 IF THEY HAD
NO SEPARATE ROUTE THROUGH ANOTHER DEPENDENT TERRITORY.
2.
ARTICLE 2(1)(D) IS ESSENTIALLY AIMED AT THE CHILDREN BORN IN
ANOTHER DEPENDENT TERRITORY OF NON-BDTCS WHO ARE SETTLED IN HONG
KONG.
THE FACT THAT IT ALSO INCLUDES THE CHILDREN OF BDTCS
SETTLED IN HONG KONG IS NOT RELEVANT, SINCE, AS EXPLAINED, THEY
ARE ALREADY COVERED.
3.
CHILDREN BORN IN THE UK OF BN(0)S SETTLED IN THE UK WILL OF
COURSE BE BCS AT BIRTH UNDER THE BNA 1981.
B.
RIGHT OF ABODE ENDORSEMENT
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