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15.
ARTICLE 2(1)(E) REFERS TO BDTCR WHO ARE SUCH THROUGH A
GRANDPARENTAL CONNECTION. THIS ACCORDS WITH SECTION 23(1)(B) OF
THE BRITISH NATIONALITY ACT 1981, WHICH PROVIDES THAT A 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). IF THE TERM 'REGISTERED' WERE 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
CONFORMS 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
IMMIGRATION STATUS OF THE PARENTS.
LOSS OF BRITISH DEPENDENT TERRITORIES CITIZENSHIP
19.
ARTICLE 3 PROVIDES FOR THOSE PEOPLE IDENTIFIED UNDER
ARTICLE 2(1) AS BDTC BY VIRTUE OF A CONNECTION WITH HONG KONG TO
LOSE THAT CITIZENSHIP ON 1 JULY 1997. BUT IT DOES NOT AFFECT
THOSE PERSONS WHO CAN ALSO ESTABLISH AN INDEPENDENT ROUTE TO BDT
CITIZENSHIP BY AN EXCLUSIVE CONNECTION WITH ANOTHER DEPENDENT
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