purposes of the Order.
But the child of persons who have left Hong Kong permanently to settle elsewhere, and are therefore no longer settled in Hong Kong, is not regarded as having such a connection. If the parent in quesiton is not only settled in Hong Kong but is also a Hong Kong BDTC, any children born outside Hong Kong will also
be covered by one or more of the other provisions of Article 2(1).
8. Article 2(1)(e) brings within the Order BDTCs who are such
through their grandparent being a BDTC by virtue of a connection
with Hong Kong. This accords with section 23(1)(b) of the British
Nationality Act 1981, which provides that a citizen of the United
Kingdom and Colonies (CUKC) born to a person who was a CUKC by his
or one of his parents birth, naturalisation or registration in a Dependent Territory became a BDTC on 1 January 1983.
9. Article 2(1)(f) brings within the Order a woman who became a BDTC because immediately before 1 January 1983 she was a CUKC who
was then, or had at any time been, the wife of a man who became a BDTC on 1 January 1983 by virtue of a connection with Hong Kong as
set out in this Article, or would have become so but for his death. It accords with section 23(1)(c) of the British Nationality Act 1981. 1 January 1983 is the date of the commencement of this Act.
10.
Article 2(2) defines the terms registration and registered in various places
in paragraph (1). Naturalisation speaks for itself, but if the terms
"registration" and "registered were left undefined there could be come doubt whether it included registration as a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies under the British Nationality Act 1948. This paragraph makes
it clear it does.
11.
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 as in the example in paragraph 4 above. 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
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