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DD 010030Z HONG KONG
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DESKBY 010030Z
FROM FCO 311430Z JULY 85
TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELEGRAM NUMBER 1098 OF 31 JULY
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING
FOR MORTIMER FROM 1P
YOUR TEL NO 1552: HONG KONG AGREEMENT:
COUNCIL
HKK
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NATIONALITY ORDER IN
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1. TO MEET YOUR POINTS IN PARA 1(A) OF TUR, WE HAVE AGREED A
REVISED TEXT OF ARTICLES 1 AND 2 OF THE DRAFT ORDER AS FOLLOWS:
BEGINS
NEXT FOUR WORDS UNDERLINED. CITATION, COMMENCEMENT AND EXTENT
1.-(1) THIS ORDER MAY BE CITED AS THE HONG KONG (BRITISH
NATIONALITY) ORDER 1986 AND SHALL COME INTO OPERATION ON, OPEN
SQUARE BRACKETS, 1 JULY 1987, CLOSE SQUARE BRACKETS.
(2) THIS ORDER EXTENDS TO NORTHERN IRELAND.
(3) THIS ORDER EXTENDS TO THE CHANNEL ISLANDS AND THE
ISLE OF MAN AND TO ALL DEPENDENT TERRITORIES.
NEXT FOUR WORDS UNDERLINED. CONNECTIONS WITH HONG KONG
2.-(1) FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS ORDER A PERSON SHALL BE
TAKEN TO HAVE A CONNECTION WITH HONG KONG IF:
(A) SUBJECT TO PARAGRAPH (3) BELOW, HE, HIS FATHER OR
HIS MOTHER WAS BORN, NATURALISED OR REGISTERED IN
HONG KONG OR FOUND ABANDONED THERE AS A NEWBORN
INFANT: OR
(B)
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HE, HIS FATHER OR HIS MOTHER WAS ADOPTED (WHETHER OR
NOT IN HONG KONG) AND THE ADOPTER OR, IN THE CASE OF
A JOINT ADOPTION, ONE OF THE ADOPTERS WAS AT THE
TIME OF THE ADOPTION A BRITISH DEPENDENT TERRITORIES
CITIZEN BY VIRTUE OF HIS HAVING A CONNECTION WITH
HONG KONG AS SPECIFIED IN THIS ARTICLE: OR
(C) HE, HIS FATHER OR HIS MOTHER WAS REGISTERED OUTSIDE
HONG KONG ON AN APPLICATION BASED (WHOLLY OR PARTLY)
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