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PRIORITY

CONFIDENTIAL

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BY BAG

SAVING TELEGRAM

FM FCO

(HKK 18/10)

CONFIDENTIAL

TO PRIORITY HONG KONG TELNO 20 SAVING OF 23 MARCH

YOUR SAVING TELEGRAM NO 156 OF 6 MARCH 1972.

IMMIGRATION ORDINANCE 1971.

1.

THE DRAFT CIRCULAR RELATING TO THE ENTRY OF UNITED KINGDOM

CITIZENS INTO HONG KONG HAS BEEN EXAMINED HERE AND CERTAIN

POINTS ARISE OUT OF THIS EXAMINATION. IN ORDER TO COVER THESE

FOINTS AND FOR THE PURPOSES OF CLARIFICATION, A REVISED DRAFT

HAS BEEN PREPARED AND IS BEING SENT TO YOU UNDER SEPARATE COVER.

THE FOINTS IN QUESTION ARE AS FOLLOWS:

2.

(1)

AT PRESENT THE HOLDER OF A UK FASSPORT ISSUED IN THE

UNITED KINGDOM AND WHICH DOES NOT BEAR AN ENDORSEMENT

THAT IT WAS ISSUED ON BEHALF OF A DEPENDENT TERRITORY,

IS EXEMPT FROM UK IMMIGRATION CONTROL REGARDLESS OF

WHETHER THE HOLDER HAS ANY OTHER CLAIM TO SUCH EXEMPTION.

THIS WILL NO LONGER BE THE CASE WHEN THE UK IMMIGRATION

ACT 1971 IS BROUGHT INTO FORCE AND PARAGRAPH 2(A) OF THE

REVISED DRAFT SLIGHTLY EXPANDS PARAGRAPH 2(A) OF THE

ORIGINAL DRAFT IN ORDER TO TAKE ACCOUNT OF THE NEW

SITUATION WHICH WILL THEN OBTAIN. IT IS NOT KNOWN WHEN

ALL THE PROVISIONS OF THE ACT WILL BE BROUGHT INTO FORCE

BUT IT IS EXPECTED THAT THIS WILL HAPPEN SOME TIME DURING

1972.

(2) PARAGRAPH 2(B) OF THE ORIGINAL DRAFT HAS BEEN EXPANDED TO

INCLUDE WIVES AND CHILDREN SINCE THEY ARE INCLUDED IN THE

DEFINITION OF "UK BELONGER" IN SECTION 2(1) OF THE

ORDINANCE.

(3) PARAGRAPH 7 OF THE REVISED DRAFT DOES NOT APPEAR IN THE

ORIGINAL DRAFT AND IS INTENDED TO COVER THE POSITION OF

DEPENDANTS OF RESIDENT UK BELONGERS. THIS PARAGRAPH FOLLOWS

VERY CLOSELY THOSE PROVISIONS OF THE UK IMMIGRATION RULES

WHICH RELATE TO DEPENDANTS AND IT IS SUGGESTED THAT THE

POSITION OF SUCH PERSONS NEEDS TO BE CLARIFIED.

CONFIDENTIAL

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