DRAFT
Rt Hon Douglas Hurd CBE MP
CC
Members of OPD(K)
Sir Robin Butler
Mr Griffith
Mr Dolphin
Mr Langdon
Mr Saunders
Mr Rawsthorne
Mr Moorey
Mr Hayzelden
Mr Walmsley
Mr Giles
Mr Kinney
Mr Blakeway
Mrs Keswick Mr Ruffley
British Nationality Hong Kong
Orders in Council.
I am writing to seek your agreement and that of other OPD(K) colleagues to our proceeding with the drafting of two Orders in Council relating to British nationality in Hong Kong.
2. One of the Orders would prescribe cut-off dates for acquisition of the status of British National (Overseas) (BN(0)).
The other would amend the British Nationality (Hong Kong) Selection Scheme which OPD took a close interest in three years Both Orders would be subject to the affirmative resolution procedure. I envisage them being presented to Parliament at the same time, probably in May this year.
BN(0) cut-off dates
3. The first Order would set out a scheme for registering British Dependent Territory Citizens (BDTCs) as British Nationals (Overseas) (BN(0)s) by age groups. The object is to ensure the orderly and timely acquisition of BDTC and BN (0) status by those who wish to acquire it before Hong Kong reverts to China in 1997.
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