CONFIDENTIAL
British Nationality (Hong Kong) Act 1990
To the Secretary of State for the Home Office
Annual Report on the British Nationality Scheme (7 November 1990 - 6 November 1991)
This report is submitted pursuant to section 4 of the British Nationality (Hong Kong) Act 1990. All the provisions of the Act, except section 2(2) which relates to the loss of British Dependent Territories citizenship, came into force on 7 November 1990. This report covers the first year since the coming into force of the Act, i.e. from 7 November 1990 to 6 November 1991, and deals with the following subjects -
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(I) Legislation and related legal instruments
2-5
(II) Application period and response
6-8
(III)
Steering Committee
9-14
(IV) Processing of applications
15-18
(V)
Successful applicants
19-32
(VI) Safeguards
(VII) Impact of the Scheme
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34-35
Legislation and related legal instruments
Under section 1(1) of the Act, you shall register as British citizens 50,000 principal beneficiaries recommended by me under a scheme made and approved in accordance with Schedule 1 to the Act. In accordance
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