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under the same or any other such provision for the

registration of some other minor or minors having

the same parent, the total fee payable in respect of

the registrations shall be $420 unless each

application is made under a provision to which item. 4

relates, in which case the total fee payable shall be

$120. In this paragraph "parent" includes a step-

parent and an adoptive parent.

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5. The fees payable under this Ordinance

immediately before 1, January 1983 shall continue to

apply in respect of registration or naturalization or

any other application made before that date under any

of the provisions of the former nationality Acts.".

Explanatory Memorandum

The object of this Bill is to amend the principal Ordinance to reflect the level of penalties contained in the British Nationality Act 1981 and to substitute a new Schedule of fees in connexion with applications for registration, naturalization and renunciation of British Dependent Territories citizenship. The level of fees is the same as that presently prescribed for applications made under the British Nationality Act

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1948.

2. Clause 2 amends the long title of the principal Ordinance by making reference to the British Nationality Act 1981.

3. Clause 3 introduces new definitions in

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