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MY 2 IPTS: HONG KONG AGREEMENT: NATIONALITY ORDER IN COUNCIL
FOLLOWING IS NEXT PART OF FINAL TEXT OF WHITE PAPER.
BEGINS.
12.
ARTICLE 2(1)(B) CONCERNS PEOPLE WHO BECAME BDTCS THROUGH
ADOPTION BY PARENTS WHO ARE HONG KONG BDTCS. THIS ACCORDS WITH
THE PROVISION FOR ACQUISITION OF BDTC STATUS BY ADOPTION UNDER
SECTION 15(5) OF THE BRITISH NATIONALITY ACT 1981 WHEREBY A CHILD
ADOPTED IN A DEPENDENT TERRITORY BECOMES A BDTC IF THE ADOPTER
OR, IN THE CASE OF JOINT ADOPTION, ONE OF THE ADOPTERS IS A BDTC.
IT FOLLOWS THAT ADOPTION IN HONG KONG IS NOT NECESSARILY
SUFFICIENT IN ITSELF TO ESTABLISH A CONNECTION WITH HONG KONG FOR
THE PURPOSES OF THE ORDER. ON THE OTHER HAND ADOPTION IN ANOTHER
DEPENDENT TERRITORY MAY IN SOME CIRCUMSTANCES ESTABLISH SUCH A
CONNECTION. THIS ARTICLE IS THEREFORE SO FRAMED AS TO ENSURE
THAT A PERSON IS CONSIDERED TO HAVE A CONNECTION WITH HONG KONG
FOR THE PURPOSES IN THE ORDER IF HE OR SHE IS ADOPTED BY PARENTS
EITHER OF WHOM IS A BDTC BY VIRTUE OF A CONNECTION WITH HONG
KONG, REGARDLESS OF WHERE THE ADOPTION ACTUALLY TOOK PLACE.
13.
ARTICLE 2(1)(C) IS CONCERNED WITH PEOPLE REGISTERED
OUTSIDE HONG KONG. REGISTRATION MAY HAVE TAKEN PLACE OUTSIDE
HONG KONG ON THE BASIS OF A CONNECTION WITH HONG KONG,
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