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if that person's father or mother has an appropriate quiihtying conn.zaion with Hong Kong or is or bucenies settled in Hong Kong,

5. . Any person who is or becomes a British Dependent Territories citizen by adoption in Hong Kong under wetion 15451 of the 1981 Act if the Zomplet or, in the case of a joint adoptom, one of the adopters, has an appropriate, qualifying connexion with Hong Kong or is er brcomet settled in Hong Kong on the date of the adoption order.

6. Any person who is or becomes a British Dependent Territories citizen by adoption in any of the Braish Dependent Territories mentiored in Schedule 6 to the 1981 Act (other than Hong Kong) under section 15(5) of the 1981 Act if the adopter or, in, the case of à joint adoption, one of the adopters, has an appropriate qualifying connexion with Hong Kong or is or becomes settled in Hong Kong on the date of the adoption order.

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Any woman who is or becomes a British Dependent Territories citizen by registration in Hong Kong under sector 20 of the 1981. Acuf that woman's husband has an appropriate qualifying connexion with Hong Kong.

Any person who is or becomes 2 British Dependent Territories citizen in any of the British Dependem Territories mentioned in Schedule 6 to the 1961 Act (other than Hong Kong) under any of the provisions of the 1981 Act and is or has been married to a person who has, or would if living have, an appropriate qualifying connexion with Hong Kong.

The references 10-

(1) "a dependent territory":

(2) "a dependent terntory (no matter which)";

(3) "any dependent territory":

(4) the dependent territory":

(5) "any particular dependent 12mitory":

(6) "one and the same dependent territory (no matter which)":

(7) "that territory":

(5) "the last mentioned territory":

(9) "the relevant territory": 2nd

(10) "the dependent territories”.

in the provisions of the 1981 Act which apply for the purposes of paragraphs 2 to 8 shall, unless the context otherwise requires. be construed as references to "Hong Kong".

A person shall be taken to have an appropriate qualifying connexion with Hong Kong if that person is or becomes a British Dependent Territories citizen er would have become such a ciuzen at 1 January 1983 but for that person's death--

(a) by birth in Hong Kong:

(b) by adoption in Hong Kong:

(c) by naturalization in Hong Kong, or (d) by registration in Hong Kong.

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