(a) if the declarant is in Great Britain or Northern
Ireland, to the Secretary of State at the Home Office;
if the declarant is in any of the Islands, to the
Lieutenant-Governor;
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
if the declarant is in a dependent territory, to the
Governor;
if the declarant is in a country mentioned in
Schedule 3 to the Act, to the High Commissioner or,
if there is no High Commissioner to the Secretary
of State at the Home Office;
if the declarant is elsewhere, to any consular officer,
any established officer in the Diplomatic Service
of Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom
or any person authorised by the Secretary of State
in that behalf.
Notice of proposed deprivation of status
8.-(1)
section 40(a)
Where it is proposed to make an order under
of the Act depriving a person of the status of a
British National (Overseas), the notice required by section 40(6)
of the Act to be given to that person may be given
(a) in a case where that person's whereabouts are known,
(b)
by causing the notice to be delivered to him
personally or by sending it to him by post;
in a case where that person's whereabouts are not
known, by sending it by post in a letter addressed
to him at his last known address.
(a)
Section 40 is applied in relation to the status of a British
National (Overseas) by the Hong Kong (British Nationality Order 1986, Article 7(11).
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