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E.R.
CONFIDENTIAL
AWNEX
31.7.85 14.8.85
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 [1st July
1987
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(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)
(b)
(c)
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
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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
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 settled in Hong Kong
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