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OF STATE BY GOVERNORS AND OTHERS) SHALL HAVE EFFECT AS IF

(A) ANY REFERENCE IN IT TO THE 1981 ACT INCLUDED A

REFERENCE TO THIS ORDER:

(B) IN SUBSECTION (1)(B) AT THE END THERE WERE INSERTED

THE WORDS 'AND IN CASES CONCERNING BRITISH NATIONALS (OVERSEAS)

OR THE STATUS OF A BRITISH NATIONAL (OVERSEAS)':

(C) IN SUBSECTION (2) AT THE END THERE WERE INSERTED THE

FOLLOWING PARAGRAPH:

(7)

'(C) RENUNCIATION AND DEPRIVATION OF THE STATUS OF A

BRITISH NATIONAL (OVERSEAS).'.

THE FOLLOWING PROVISIONS OF THE 1981 ACT SHALL HAVE EFFECT AS IF ANY REFERENCE IN THEM TO THE 1981 ACT INCLUDED A REFERENCE TO

THIS ORDER, NAMELY

(A) SECTION 45 (EVIDENCE):

(B) SECTION 46(1) (OFFENCES):

(C) SECTIONS 47 AND 48 (LEGITIMATED AND POSTHUMOUS

CHILDREN).

(8)

SECTION 50 OF THE 1981 ACT(INTERPRETATION) SHALL HAVE EFFECT

AS IF IN PARAGRAPH (1) AFTER THE DEFINITION OF 'ASSOCIATION' THERE

WERE INSERTED THE FOLLOWING DEFINITIONS:

(9)

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'BRITISH NATIONAL (OVERSEAS)' MEANS A PERSON WHO IS A

BRITISH NATIONAL (OVERSEAS) UNDER THE HONG KONG

(BRITISH NATIONALITY) ORDER 1986, AND 'STATUS OF A

BRITISH NATIONAL (OVERSEAS)' SHALL BE CONSTRUED

ACCORDINGLY:

'BRITISH OVERSEAS CITIZEN' INCLUDES A PERSON WHO IS A

BRITISH OVERSEAS CITIZEN UNDER THE HONG KONG (BRITISH

NATIONALITY) ORDER 1986.

SECTION 51 OF THE 1981 ACT (MEANING OF CERTAIN EXPRESSIONS

RELATING TO NATIONALITY IN OTHER ACTS AND INSTRUMENTS) SHALL HAVE

EFFECT AS IF IN SUBSECTION (3) -

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(A) AT THE END OF PARAGRAPH (A)(II) THERE WERE INSERTED

THE WORDS 'OR WHO UNDER THE HONG KONG (BRITISH NATIONALITY) ORDE

1986 IS A BRITISH NATIONAL (OVERSEAS)':

(B) IN PARAGRAPH (B) AFTER THE WORDS 'BRITISH DEPENDENT

TERRITORIES CITIZEN' THERE WERE INSERTED THE WORDS 'NOR A BRITISH

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