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4.

(1)

Any person who is a British Dependent Territories

citizen by virtue (wholly or partly) of his having

a connection with Hong Kong and who, but for his

having a connection with Hong Kong, would not be

such a citizen, shall be entitled, on an application

for a passport made before the date specified in

paragraph (2) below as being applicable in his case,

to acquire the status of British National (Overseas)

on the issue to him of a passport recording that

status.

(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1) above the date

before which an application must be made is

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(a) 1st January 1997, in the case of a person

born before 1st October 1996;

(3)

(b)

1st April 1997, in the case of a person

born after 30 September 1996 and before

1st January 1997;

(c)

1st July 1997, in the case of a person

born before 1st January 1997 who becomes

a British Dependent Territories citizen

by naturalisation or registration on or

after 1st October 1996 and before

1st July 1997;

(d) 1st October 1997, in the case of a person

born after 31 December 1996 and before

1st July 1997.

Any person who, immediately before the relevant date,

is a British National (Overseas) but not a British

Dependent Territories citizen shall on that date cease

to be a British National (Overseas).

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