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REFERRRED TO SOLELY AS SEPARATE'.

(G)

ADOPTION, REGISTRATION AND NATURALISATION IN HONG KONG IS

TAKEN TO BE A 'CONNECTION' WITH HONG KONG IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE

DRAFT ORDER IN COUNCIL.

(H) BEFORE 1983 BIRTH ALONE IN HONG KONG CONFERRED CUKC STATUS,

IRRESPECTIVE OR THE NATIONALITY OR IMMIGRATION STATUS OF THE

PARENTS. THEREFORE NO-ONE BORN IN HONG KONG BEFORE 1983 HAD TO

DEPEND ON A CONNECTION WITH ANY OTHER DEPENDENT TERRITORY OR WITH

THE UK TO DERIVE CUKC (AND CONSEQUENTLY BDTC) STATUS. ANYONE

BORN IN HONG KONG BEFORE 1983 WAS THEREFORE A SEPARATE' HONG

KONG BDTC.

BIRTH OUTSIDE THE UK AND COLONIES BEFORE 1983 CONFERRED

CUKC BY DESCENT ONLY IF THE CHILD'S FATHER WAS A CUKC OTHER THAN BY DESCENT (OR, IF BY DESCENT, IF ANY OF THE PROVISOS TO SECTION 5(1) OF THE BNA 1948 APPLIED). SINCE THE FATHER'S STATUS COULD

NOT BE DERIVED FROM A MIXED' LINK (EVEN CONSULAR BIRTH

REGISTRATION THROUGH A NUMBER OF GENERATIONS CAN EVENTUALLY BE TRACED BACK TO A SINGLE 'UNMIXED' LINK), NEITHER COULD THE

CHILD'S.

A CUKC BY DESCENT FROM A HONG KONG FATHER MUST

THEREFORE ALSO HAVE AN UNMIXED' LINK WITH HONG KONG.

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