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THAT TERRITORY WITHOUT BEING SUBJECT UNDER THE IMMIGRATION
LAWS TO ANY RESTRICTION ON THE PERIOD FOR WHICH HE MIGHT REMAIN'.
A PERSON SETTLED IN HONG KONG WHO LEAVES HONG KONG TEMPORARILY
STILL REMAINS SETTLED IN HONG KONG, AND IS THEREFORE COVERED BY
THIS PROVISION. THUS THE CHILD OF A PERSON SETTLED IN HONG KONG
WHO IS BORN OUTSIDE HONG KONG WHILE HIS OR HER PARENTS WERE
TEMPORARILY ABSENT IS REGARDED AS HAVING A CONNECTION WITH HONG
KONG FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE ORDER. BUT THE CHILD OF PERSONS WHO
HAVE LEFT HONG KONG PERMANENTLY TO SETTLE ELSEWHERE, AND ARE
THEREFORE NO LONGER SETTLED IN HONG KONG, IS NOT REGARDED AS
HAVING SUCH A CONNECTION.
15.
ARTICLE 2(1)(E) REFERS TO BDTCS WHO ARE SUCH THROUGH A
GRANDPARENTAL CONNECTION. THIS ACCORDS WITH SECTION 23(1)(B) OF
THE BRITISH NATIONALITY ACT 1981, WHICH PROVIDES THAT A CITIZEN
OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND COLONIES (CUKC) BORN TO A PERSON WHO
WAS A CUKC BY HIS OR ONE OF HIS PARENT'S BIRTH, NATURALISATION OR
REGISTRATION IN A DEPENDENT TERRITORY BECAME A BDTC ON 1 JANUARY
1983.
16.
ARTICLE 2(1)(F) ESTABLISHES A CONNECTION FOR WOMEN WHO
BECAME BDTCS BY MARRIAGE IN THE CIRCUMSTANCES SET OUT IN SECTION
23(1)(C) OF THE BRITISH NATIONALITY ACT 1981. THIS PROVIDES THAT
A WOMAN WHO WAS A CUKC IMMEDIATELY BEFORE 1 JANUARY 1983 BECAME A
BDTC ON THAT DATE IF SHE WAS THEN, OR HAD AT ANY TIME BEEN THE
WIFE OF A MAN WHO BECAME A BDTC ON 1 JANUARY 1983, OR WHO WOULD
HAVE DONE SO BUT FOR HIS DEATH.
17.
ARTICLE 2(2) DEFINES THE TERMS NATURALISATION AND
REGISTRATION IN PARAGRAPH (1).
18.
ARTICLE 2(3) PROVIDES THAT CHILDREN BORN IN HONG KONG ON
OR AFTER 1 JANUARY 1983 SHALL NOT BE REGARDED AS HAVING A
CONNECTION WITH HONG KONG IF THEIR PARENTS WERE ONLY THERE
TEMPORARILY, OR IF NEITHER OF THEM WAS A HONG KONG BDTC. IT CONFORMS WITH THE WAY IN WHICH BDTC CITIZENSHIP IS ACQUIRED AT BIRTH UNDER THE BRITISH NATIONALITY ACT 1981. THE SAME PROVISION CANNOT BE MADE FOR PERSONS BORN BEFORE 1983: PRIOR TO 1983, BIRTH
IN HONG KONG WAS IN ITSELF SUFFICIENT TO CONFER CITIZENSHIP OF
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