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should not apply to the second generation, but that they should have an entitle- ment to registration as BOCs parallel to the entitlement to registration as BDTCs provided by section 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 eligible to apply for registration as British citizens under section 4 of the British Nationality Act 1981.
31. Article 7(3) provides that BN(O)s will remain Commonwealth citizens in line with other British nationals.
32. Article 7(4)-7(12) encompasses all the other amendments which will be necessary to the British Nationality Act 1981 and to the British Nationality (Falkland Islands) Act 1983. In particular, Article 7(4)(d) ensures that no fee will be charged for registration as a BN(O).
Consequential amendments
33. Article 8 relates to the various consequential amendments to the other enactments set out in the Schedule to the Order.
CONCLUSION
34. Her Majesty's Government hope that the early publication of the annexed
draft Order will provide the basis for informed discussion of its provisions, and
that the interested public-in particular Hong Kong BDTCs-will make their views known before the forthcoming Parliamentary debates.
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