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Examples of such a person are:
a)
A person born after 1 January 1983 in Bangkok
to a father who was born in Hong Kong and a mother who was
born in Gibraltar;
b) A child adopted after 1 January 1983 in Bermuda where
the mother is a BDTC by virtue of birth in Hong Kong, and
the father is a BDTC by virtue of birth in the Cayman
Islands.
Right to acquire new status of British National (Overseas).
20. Article 4(1) specifies the date on which BN (0) will come into
being. For the reasons explained in paragraph 8 above it is
Sh intended that it would be introduced 10 years before 1 July 1997.
21.
Article 4(2) enables Hong Kong BDTCs who will lose that
citizenship on 1 July 1997 to have an entitlement to acquire BN(0)
status by registration. The reference to passports is consistent with the working of the United Kingdom Memorandum,
22.
Article 4(3) accords with the terms of the United Kingdom
retain Memorandum. In order to be eligible to acquire BN (0) status a
person must be a British Dependent Territories citizen on 30 June
1997.
A person who acquires BN (0) status and subsequently renounces
or is deprived of BDTC status before 30 June 1997 will not meet this
requirement, and cannot therefore retain BN (0) status beyond that
date.
Removal of Hong Kong from list of Dependent Territories
23.
Article 5 deletes Hong Kong from the list of British Dependent
Territories in Schedule 6 to the British Nationality Act 1981
from
1 July 1997.