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27.
Article 6 (3) and (4) fulfil Her Majesty's
Government's commitments to grandchildren born after
1 July 1997 to the children of former Hong Kong BDTCS
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 BOCS 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 six 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.
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