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MY 3 IPTS: HONG KONG AGREEMENT: NATIONALITY ORDER IN COUNCIL
FOLLOWING IS REMAINDER OF REVISED TEXT OF WHITE PAPER.
BEGINS
27.
ARTICLE 6(3) AND (4) FULFIL HER MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT'S
COMMITMENTS TO GRANDCHILDREN BORN AFTER 1 JULY 1997 TO FORMER
HONG KONG BDTCS CHILDREN IF THEY ARE BORN STATELESS. IT WAS
PROPOSED DURING THE PASSAGE OF THE HONG KONG BILL THAT THE
AUTOMATIC PROVISIONS MADE FOR THE FIRST GENERATION SHOULD NOT
APPLY TO THE SECOND GENERATION, BUT THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE AN
ENTITLEMENT TO REGISTRATION AS BOC PARALLEL TO THE ENTITLEMENT
TO REGISTRATION AS BDTCS PROVIDED BY SECTIONS 17(2) AND (3) OF
THE BRITISH NATIONALITY ACT 1981, WHICH ARE DESCRIBED IN
PARAGRAPH 24 ABOVE.
28.
ARTICLE 6(5) QUALIFIES ARTICLE 6(3) TO THE EXTENT THAT
SECTION 17(4) OF THE BRITISH NATIONALITY ACT 1981 QUALIFIES
SECTION 17(2). THAT IS TO SAY, IT EMPOWERS THE SECRETARY OF STATE
TO ACCEPT AN APPLICATION WITHIN 6 YEARS RATHER THAN 12 MONTHS OF
BIRTH, IF HE THINKS FIT IN THE SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES OF ANY
PARTICULAR CASE.
AMENDMENTS TO BRITISH NATIONALITY ACT 1981
29.
ARTICLE 7 SETS OUT THE AMENDMENTS WHICH WILL BE NECESSARY
TO THE 1981 ACT.
30.
ARTICLE 7(2) INCLUDES BN(O)S IN THE CATEGORIES OF THOSE
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