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28.

Articles 6(3) and (4) fulfil the Government's commitments to

second generation children if they are born stateless.

It was

proposed during the passage of the Hong Kong Bill that the automatic

provisions made for the first generation should not apply to these

children, but that they should have an entitlement to registration

as British Overseas citizens parallel to the entitlement to

registration as British Dependent Territories citizens provided by

sections 17(2) and (3) of the British Nationality Act 1981.

29.

Article 6(5) qualifies article 6(3) to the extent that section

17(4) of the British Nationality Act 1981 qualifies section 17(2).

Amendments to British Nationality Act 1981

30 Article 7 sets out the amendments which will be necessary to the

1981 Act.

31.

Article 7(2) fulfils the commitment to include BN(0)s in the

categories of those entitled to registration under section 4 of the

British Nationality Act 1981.

32.

Article 7(3) provides that BN(0)s will remain Commonwealth

citizens.

33.

Article 7(4) - 7(12) encompass all the other amendments which

will be necessary to the 1981 Act. In particular, no fee will be

charged for registration as a BN (0) and Article 7(4) (d) excludes the

possibility.

Consequential amendments

34.

Article 8 sets out the consequential amendments to the other

enactments specified in the Schedule to the Order.