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BUT THE CHILD BORN IN ANOTHER DEPENDENT TERRITORY 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. IF THE PARENT IN QUESTION IS NOT ONLY
SETTLED IN HONG KONG BUT IS ALSO A HONG KONG BDTC, ANY CHILDREN
BORN OUTSIDE HONG KONG WILL ALSO BE COVERED BY ONE OR MORE OF THE
OTHER PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE 2(1).
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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) REFERS TO 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 TERM 'REGISTRATION' IN PARAGRAPH
(1). WERE THE TERM 'REGISTERED' TO BE LEFT UNDEFINED THERE COULD
BE SOME DOUBT WHETHER IT INCLUDED REGISTRATION AS A CITIZEN OF
THE UNITED KINGDOM AND COLONIES UNDER THE BRITISH NATIONALITY ACT
1948.
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
ACCORDS 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
THE UNITED KINGDOM AND COLONIES, AND THUS TO ESTABLISH A CLEAR
CONNECTION WITH HONG KONG IRRESPECTIVE OF THE NATIONALITY OR
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