1993-03-29
SECURITT BFANCH
Question No. 2 (cont'd)
I
Territories
citizenship.
As a result, CUKCS who were connected
with llong Kong (e.g. by birth, naturalisation, or registration)
became BDTCs on 1 January 1983.
British National (Overseas) [ BN(0) 1
The status of BN (O) was created by the enactment of the Hong Kong
(British Nationality) Order 1986 which came into operation on 1
From that date onwards, any person who acquired the
July 1987.
BDTC status by a connection with Hong Kong (e.g. by birth,
naturalisation,
registration
or
adoption)
is entitled to be
registered as a BN(0) and to hold or be included in a passport
appropriate
to
context of the
acquired BN (0)
that status. (It should perhaps be noted in the
answer to Question 1 that
persons
who have
status do not actually lose their BDTCship, until
30 June 1997, but they are not allowed to hold both BDTC and
BN(0) passports at the same time.)
British Overseas Citizen (BOC)
British
Overseas Citizenship
was one of
the three
forms of
citizenship introduced when the BNA 1981 came into effect on 1
January 1983. CUKCS who did not become British citizens or BDTCs
became BOCS.