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12.
Article 2 (1) (b) concerns people who became
BDTC through adoption by parents who are Hong Kong
BDTCS. This provision accords with the provision for
acquisition of BDTC status by adoption under the
British Nationality Act 1981 whereby a child adopted
in a dependent territory becomes a BDTC if the
adopter or, in the case of joint adoption, one of the
adopters is a BDTC. It follows from this provision
that adoption in Hong Kong is not necessarily
sufficient in itself to establish a connection with
Hong kong for the purposes of the Order. On the
other hand adoption in another dependent territory
may in some circumstances establish such a
connection. This article is therefore so framed as
to ensure that a person is considered to have a
connection with Hong Kong for the purposes of the
Order if he is adopted by parents either of whom is a
BDTC by virtue of a connection with Hong Kong,
regardless of where the adoption took place.
13.
Article 2(1)(c) is concerned with people
registered outside Hong Kong.
Registration may have
taken place outside Hong Kong on the basis of a
connection with Hong Kong, particularly as certain of