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ANNEX
DRAFT HONG KONG (BRITISH NATIONALITY) ORDER
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.
(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
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)
(ii)
residence in Hong Kong;
descent from a person born in Hong Kong;
(iii) descent from a person naturalised,
registered or settled in Hong Kong
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