b)
CON.IDENTIAL
A child adopted after 1 January 1983
in Bermuda where the mother is a BDTC by vibe of
birth in Hong Kong, and the father is a BDTC
value of
by birth in birth
the Cayman Islands.
Right to acquire new status of British National (Overseas)
20.
Article 4(1) specifies the date on which BN (0) will
come into being. For the reasons explained in paragraph 8
above it is intended that it should be introduced 10 years
before 1 July 1997.
21.
Article 4(2) enables Hong Kong BDTCs who will lose
that citizenship on 1 July 1997 to have an entitlement to
acquire BN (0) status by registration. The reference to
passports is consistent with the wording of the United
Kingdom Memorandum.
22.
Article 4(3) accords with the terms of the United
Kingdom Memorandum. In order to be eligible to acquire
BN (0) status a person must be a British Dependent Territorie
citizen on 30 June 1997. A person who acquires BN(0) status
and subsequently renounces or is deprived of BDTC status
before 30 June will not meet this requirement, and cannot
therefore retain BN (0) status beyond that date.
Removal of Hong Kong from list of Dependent Territories
23.
Article 5 deletes Hong Kong from the list of British
Dependent Territories in Schedule 6 to the British
Nationality Act 1981 as from 1 July 1997.
Provisions for reducing statelessness
24.
Article 6 sets out the provisions proposed during
the debates on the Hong Kong Bill for avoiding or reducing
statelessness. The underlying principle is that no former
BDTC, nor any child born on or after 1 July 1997 to such
person, should be stateless as a result of the Agreement.
This principle was extended in the Ommittee stage of the
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