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FM FCO 160945Z AUGUST 85
TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
CONFIDENTIAL
TELEGRAM NUMBER 1162 OF 16 AUGUST
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MY 2 IPTS: HONG KONG AGREEMENT: NATIONALITY ORDER IN COUNCIL
1. FOLLOWING IS REVISED TEXT OF DRAFT ORDER.
BEGINS
CITATION, COMMENCEMENT AND EXTENT
1.-(1) THIS ORDER MAY BE CITED AS THE HONG KONG (BRITISH NATIONALITY) ORDER 1986 AND SHALL COME INTO OPERATION ON (OPEN
SQUARE BRACKETS) 1 JULY 1987 (CLOSE SQUARE BRACKETS).
(2) THIS ORDER EXTENDS TO NORTHERN IRELAND.
(3) THIS ORDER EXTENDS TO THE CHANNEL ISLANDS AND THE ISLE OF
MAN AND TO ALL DEPENDENT TERRITORIES.
CONNECTIONS WITH HONG KONG
2.-(1) FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS ORDER A PERSON SHALL BE TAKEN TO
HAVE A CONNECTION WITH HONG KONG IF:
(A) SUBJECT TO PARAGRAPH (3) BELOW, HE, HIS FATHER OR HIS
MOTHER WAS BORN, NATURALISED OR REGISTERED IN HONG
KONG OR FOUND ABANDONED THERE AS A NEWBORN INFANT: OR
(B) HE, HIS FATHER OR HIS MOTHER WAS ADOPTED (WHETHER OR
NOT IN HONG KONG) AND THE ADOPTER OR, IN THE CASE OF
A JOINT ADOPTION, ONE OF THE ADOPTERS WAS AT THE TIME
OF THE ADOPTION A BRITISH DEPENDENT TERRITORIES
CITIZEN BY VIRTUE OF HIS HAVING A CONNECTION WITH
HONG KONG AS SPECIFIED IN THIS ARTICLE: OR
(C) HE, HIS FATHER OR HIS MOTHER WAS REGISTERED OUTSIDE
HONG KONG ON AN APPLICATION BASED (WHOLLY OR PARTLY)
ON ANY OF THE FOLLOWING-
I)
RESIDENCE IN HONG KONG:
II) DESCENT FROM A PERSON BORN IN HONG KONG:
III) DESCENT FROM A PERSON NATURALISED, REGISTERED OR
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