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MY 2 IPTS: HONG KONG AGREEMENT: NATIONALITY ORDER IN COUNCIL FOLLOWING IS NEXT PART OF REVISED TEXT OF WHITE PAPER REFERRED TO

IN PARA 9 OF MY FIRST IPT.

BEGINS.

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12. ARTICLE 2(1)(B) CONCERNS PEOPLE WHO BECAME BDTC

ADOPTION BY PARENTS WHO ARE HONG KONG BDTCS. THIS PROVISION

ACCORDS WITH THE PROVISION FOR ACQUISITION OF BDTC STATUS BY ADOPTION UNDER THE BRITISH NATIONALITY ACT 1981 WHEREBY A CHILD

ADOPTED IN A DEPENDENT TERRITORY BECOMES A BDTC IF THE ADOPTER OR, IN THE CASE OF JOINT ADOPTION, ONE OF THE ADOPTERS IS A BDTC. THIS ARTICLE IS THEREFORE SO FRAMED AS TO INCLUDE ALL THOSE

PEOPLE AT LEAST ONE OF WHOSE ADOPTIVE PARENTS IS A BRITISH DEPENDENT TERRITORIES CITIZEN BY VIRTUE OF A CONNECTION WITH HONG KONG, IRRESPECTIVE OF WHERE THE ADOPTION ACTUALLY TOOK PLACE. 13. ARTICLE 2(1)(C) IS CONCERNED WITH PEOPLE REGISTERED OUTSIDE HONG KONG. REGISTRATION MAY HAVE TAKEN PLACE OUTSIDE HONG KONG

ON THE BASIS OF A CONNECTION WITH HONG KONG, SINCE CERTAIN OF THE REGISTRATION PROVISIONS CONTAINED IN THE BRITISH NATIONALITY

ACT 1948 DID NOT CONTAIN ANY RESIDENTIAL QUALIFICATIONS.

FOR EXAMPLE:

1) A CHILD REGISTERED AS A CUKC OUTSIDE HONG KONG UNDER SECTION 7 OF THE BRITISH NATIONALITY ACT 1948 WHO HAD A

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