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ON AND AFTER THAT DATE WITH THE STANDARD 10 YEAR VALIDITY (THOSE RECORDING ONLY BDTC STATUS COULD NOT BE MADE VALID BEYOND 30 JUNE

1997).

THIS ARRANGEMENT WILL ALSO GIVE MAXIMUM TIME FOR THE

ISSUING AUTHORITIES TO COPE WITH APPLICATIONS FOR BN(0)

PASSPORTS: AND ALSO TO GIVE TIME FOR THIRD COUNTRIES TO GROW

ACCUSTOMED TO THE NEW NATIONALITY STATUS.

CONNECTIONS WITH HONG KONG

9.

ARTICLES 2 AND 3 FALL TO BE CONSIDERED WITH THE PROVISIONS OF PARAGRAPH 2(1)(A) OF THE SCHEDULE TO THE ACT.

ARTICLE 2 IDENTIFIES BDTCS WHO ARE SUCH BY VIRTUE OF A CONNECTION

WITH HONG KONG AND WHO WILL THEREFORE LOSE THEIR BDTC STATUS ON 1

JULY 1997, AND BE ENTITLED TO ACQUIRE BN(0) STATUS.

10.

ARTICLE 2(1) DEFINES FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE ORDER THOSE

PEOPLE WHO ARE TO BE TAKEN AS HAVING A CONNECTION WITH HONG KONG.

IT ENCOMPASSES ALL THE HONG KONG BDTCS LISTED IN ANNEX 2.

SNECIFICALLY, SUCH PEOPLE INCLUDE ALL THOSE WHO FALL WITHIN

PARAGRAPHS 11 TO 17 BELOW.

11.

ARTICLE 2(1)(A) CONCERNS BDTCS BORN, NATURALISED OR

REGISTERED IN HONG KONG OR FOUND ABANDONED THERE AS NEWBORN

INFANTS OR THEIR CHILDREN. ANYONE BORN IN HONG KONG BEFORE 1983,

OR NATURALISED OR REGISTERED THERE BEFORE THAT DATE, BECAME A

BDTC ON 1 JANUARY 1983 UNDER THE BRITISH NATIONALITY ACT 1981.

ARTICLE 2(1)(A) READ IN CONJUNCTION WITH ARTICLE 2(3) IS SO

FRAMED AS TO ENSURE THAT A BDTC BORN IN HONG KONG ON OR AFTER 1

JANUARY 1983 WILL NOT LOSE HIS BDTC STATUS IN 1997 IF NEITHER

PARENT IS AT THE TIME OF THE BIRTH SETTLED IN HONG KONG OR A HONG

KONG BDTC. FOR EXAMPLE, A CHILD BORN IN HONG KONG ON OR AFTER 1

JANUARY 1983 TO PARENTS WHO ARE GIBRALTARIANS AND WHO ARE IN HONG

KONG TEMPORARILY WILL NOT LOSE HIS BDTC STATUS IN 1997 JUST

BECAUSE OF HIS BIRTH IN HONG KONG. (SEE ALSO PARAGRAPH 18).

12.

ARTICLE 2(1)(B) CONCERNS PEOPLE WHO BECAME BDTCS THROUGH

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

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