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DD HONG KONG 310030Z

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FM FCO 301550Z JULY 85

TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG

TELEGRAM NUMBER 1095 OF 30 JULY

INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING

MIPT: NATIONALITY ORDER IN COUNCIL

HKK

8+0/4

RECEIVED IN REGISTRY

FOLLOWING IS THE TEXT OF THE DRAFT HONG KONG (BRITISH

NATIONALITY) ORDER 1986.

BEGINS

'DRAFT HONG KONG (BRITISH NATIONALITY) ORDER 1986.

ARRANGEMENTS OF ARTICLES

1 AUG 1985

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1.

CITATION, COMMENCEMENT AND EXTENT.

2.

CONNECTIONS WITH HONG KONG.

3.

LOSS OF BRITISH DEPENDENT TERRITORIES CITIZENSHIP.

4.

RIGHT TO ACQUIRE NEW STATUS OF BRITISH NATIONAL (OVERSEAS).

5. REMOVAL OF HONG KONG FROM LIST OF DEPENDENT TERRITORIES.

PROVISIONS FOR REDUCING STATELESSNESS.

6.

7. BRITISH NATIONALITY ACT 1981.

8. CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS.

SCHEDULE: CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS.

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 (___)

1986.

(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.

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

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(A) SUBJECT TO PARAGRAPH (3) BELOW, HE, HIS FATHER OR HIS

MOTHER WAS

(I) BORN IN HONG KONG: OR

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