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NOTE FOR EXECUTIVE COUNCIL
DRY BRITISH NATIONALITY SCHEME
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INTRODUCTION
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The purpose of present position on the British nationality scheme. It explains the legislative framework of the scheme, the selection systems embodied in it and the way ahead towards implementation.
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BACKGROUND
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On 3 April 1990, Members considered memorandum XCX (90) 33 which summarised the design and composition of the British nationality scheme. A copy of that Memorandum is at On 19 June 1990, Members were briefed by the Director of Administration on the progress of the British Nationality (Hong Kong) Bill 1990 through Parliament.
Annex
A.
As expected, the British Nationality (Hong Kong) Act 1990 (the Act) received Royal Assent on 26 July 1990.
A copy of the Act is at Annex B. The Act enables the Secretary of State to register as British citizens up to 50,000 persons and their dependents in Hong Kong, without requiring them to settle in the UK.
Schedule 1 to the Act sets out the framework of the selection scheme. registration of the spouses and successful applicants. legislation would be enacted to
The Act
Schedule 2 deals with the dependent children of the
envisages that secondary
provide for the selection
systems and implementation procedures in detail.
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Since
the passage of the Act, the Administration has been working closely with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the Home Office on the following pieces of subsidiary legislation and related instruments -
(a) British
Nationality
(Hong
Kong)
(Recommendations for Citizenship) Regulations
1990;
British Nationality (Hong Kong) (Registration of Citizens) Regulations 1990;
(b)
(c)
the
British Nationality
Provisions) (Amendment) Bill 1990;
(Miscellaneous
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