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IN THIS ARTICLE.

LOSS OF BRITISH DEPENDENT TERRITORIES CITIZENSHIP

3. ANY PERSON WHO, IMMEDIATELY BEFORE 1ST JULY 1997 -

(A) IS A BRITISH DEPENDENT TERRITORIES CITIZEN BY VIRTUE

(WHOLLY OR PARTLY) OF HIS HAVING A CONNECTION WITH HONG KONG: AND

(B) BUT FOR HIS HAVING A CONNECTION WITH HONG KONG WOULD

NOT BE A BRITISH DEPENDENT TERRITORIES CITIZEN,

SHALL ON THAT DATE CEASE TO BE SUCH A CITIZEN.

RIGHT TO ACQUIRE NEW STATUS OF BRITISH NATIONAL (OVERSEAS)

4.-(1) ON AND AFTER 1ST JULY 1987 THERE SHALL BE A NEW FORM OF

BRITISH NATIONALITY THE HOLDERS OF WHICH SHALL BE KNOWN AS

BRITISH NATIONALS (OVERSEAS).

(2) ANY PERSON WHO IS A BRITISH DEPENDENT TERRITORIES CITIZEN

BY VIRTUE (WHOLLY OR PARTLY) OF HIS HAVING A CONNECTION WITH HONG

KONG AND WHO, BUT FOR HIS HAVING A CONNECTION WITH HONG KONG,

WOULD NOT BE SUCH A CITIZEN SHALL BE ENTITLED, BEFORE 1ST JULY

1997 (OR BEFORE THE END OF 1997 IF BORN IN THAT YEAR BEFORE THAT

DATE), TO BE REGISTERED AS A BRITISH NATIONAL (OVERSEAS) ON

BEING ISSUED WITH OR INCLUDED IN A PASSPORT APPROPRIATE TO THAT

STATUS.

(3) ANY PERSON WHO, IMMEDIATELY BEFORE 1ST JULY 1997, IS A

BRITISH NATIONAL (OVERSEAS) BUT, BEFORE THEN, HAS CEASED TO BE A

BRITISH DEPENDENT TERRITORIES CITIZEN SHALL ON THAT DATE CEASE TO

BE A BRITISH NATIONAL (OVERSEAS).

REMOVAL OF HONG KONG FROM LIST OF DEPENDENT TERRITORIES

5. ON AND AFTER 1ST JULY 1997 THE BRITISH NATIONALITY ACT 1981

SHALL HAVE EFFECT AS IF IN SCHEDULE 6 TO THAT ACT (BRITISH

DEPENDENT TERRITORIES) THE WORDS 'HONG KONG' WERE OMITTED.

PROVISIONS FOR REDUCING STATELESSNESS

6.-(1) WHERE A PERSON CEASES ON 1ST JULY 1997 BY VIRTUE OF

ARTICLE 3 TO BE A BRITISH DEPENDENT TERRITORIES CITIZEN OR BY

VIRTUE OF ARTICLE (3) TO BE A BRITISH NATIONAL (OVERSEAS) AND

WOULD, BUT FOR THIS PARAGRAPH, THEREBY BE RENDERED STATELESS,

SHALL BECOME ON THAT DATE A BRITISH OVERSEAS CITIZEN.

(2)

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WHERE A PERSON BORN ON OR AFTER 1ST JULY 1997 WOULD, BUT

FOR THIS PARAGRAPH, BE BORN STATELESS, THEN, IF AT THE TIME OF

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