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DD HONG KONG 170100Z

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FM FCO 160945Z AUGUST 85

TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG

CONFIDENTIAL

TELEGRAM NUMBER 1162 OF 16 AUGUST

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INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING

MY 2 IPTS: HONG KONG AGREEMENT: NATIONALITY ORDER IN COUNCIL

1. FOLLOWING IS REVISED TEXT OF DRAFT ORDER.

BEGINS

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.

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) 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)

ON ANY OF THE FOLLOWING-

I)

RESIDENCE IN HONG KONG:

II) DESCENT FROM A PERSON BORN IN HONG KONG:

III) DESCENT FROM A PERSON NATURALISED, REGISTERED OR

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