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NATIONALITY) ORDER 1985.

(9) SECTION 51 (MEANING OF CERTAIN EXPRESSIONS RELATING TO NATIONALITY IN OTHER ACTS AND INSTRUMENTS) SHALL HAVE EFFECT AS

IF IN SUBSECTION (3)

(A) AT THE END OF PARAGRAPH (A)(II) THERE WERE INSERTED THE WORDS 'OR WHO UNDER THE HONG KONG (BRITISH NATIONALITY) ORDER

1985 IS A BRITISH NATIONAL (OVERSEAS)':

(B) AT THE END OF PARAGRAPH (B) THERE WERE INSERTED THE

WORDS 'NOR A BRITISH NATIONAL (OVERSEAS)'

(10) THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 12 OF THE 1981 ACT (RENUNCIATION) SHALL APPLY IN RELATION TO BRITISH NATIONALS

(OVERSEAS) AND THE STATUS OF A BRITISH NATIONAL (OVERSEAS) AS

THEY APPLY IN RELATION TO BRITISH CITIZENS AND BRITISH

CITIZENSHIP.

(11) THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 40 OF THE 1981 ACT (DEPRIVATION OF BRITISH CITIZENSHIP) SHALL APPLY IN RELATION TO PERSONS REGISTERED AS BRITISH NATIONALS (OVERSEAS) UNDER THIS ORDER AND THE STATUS OF A BRITISH NATIONAL (OVERSEAS) AS THEY APPLY IN

RELATION TO PERSONS REGISTERED AS BRITISH CITIZENS UNDER THE 1981

ACT AND BRITISH CITIZENSHIP.

CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS

8. THE ENACTMENTS SPECIFIED IN THE SCHEDULE TO THIS ORDER SHALL

HAVE EFFECT SUBJECT TO THE AMENDMENTS THERE SPECIFIED, BEING AMENDMENTS CONSEQUENTIAL ON THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ORDER.

SCHEDULE

CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS

WEST INDIES ACT 1967

1.

IN SECTION 13(3) (POWER TO MAKE CHANGES IN NATIONALITY OR CITIZENSHIP LAW IN CERTAIN EVENTS), AFTER 'BRITISH DEPENDENT TERRITORIES CITIZENS' INSERT ', BRITISH NATIONALS (OVERSEAS)'

2. IN SCHEDULE 3 (MODIFICATIONS OF BRITISH NATIONALITY ACTS), IN

PARAGRAPH 5 AFTER STATUS OF' INSERT 'BRITISH NATIONAL (OVERSEAS)

OR'.

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MARINE ETC BROADCASTING (OFFENCES) ACT 1967

IN SECTION 3(3) (PERSONS PROHIBITED FROM BROADCASTING WHILST ON OR OVER HIGH SEAS), AFTER 'BRITISH DEPENDENT TERRITORIES CITIZEN'

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