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shall on that date cease to be such a citizen.
Right to acquire new status of British National (Overseas)
4.-(1) On and after 1st July 1987 there shall be a new form
of British nationality the holders of which shall be known as
British Nationals (Overseas).
(2) Any person who is a British Dependent Territories
citizen by virtue (wholly or partly) of his having a connection with
Hong Kong and who, but for his having a connection with Hong Kong,
would not be such a citizen shall be entitled, before 1st July 1997
(or before the end of 1997 if born in that year before that date),
to be registered as a British National (Overseas) on being issued
with or included in a passport appropriate to that status.
(3) Any person who, immediately before 1st July 1997, is a
British National (Overseas) but, before then, has ceased to be a
British Dependent Territories citizen shall on that date cease
to be a British National (Overseas).
Removal of Hong Kong from list of dependent territories
1981
5. On and after 1st July 1997 the British Nationality Act (a)
shall have effect as if in Schedule 6 to that Act (British
Dependent Territories) the words "Hong Kong" were omitted.
Provisions for reducing statelessness
6.-(1) Where a person ceases on 1st July 1997 by virtue of
Article 3 to be a British Dependent Territories citizen or by virtue
of Article 4(3) to be a British National (Overseas) and would, but
for this paragraph, thereby be rendered stateless, he shall become
on that date a British Overseas citizen.
(a) 1981 c.61.
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