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MIPT: HONG KONG AGREEMENT: NATIONALITY ORDER IN COUNCIL

FOLLOWING IS REVISED TEXT OF WHITE PAPER.

BEGINS

INTRODUCTION

1.

THE HONG KONG ACT 1985 (C.15) RECEIVED ROYAL ASSENT ON 4

APRIL 1985. IT MADE PROVISION FOR THE ENDING OF BRITISH

SOVEREIGNTY AND JURISDICTION OVER HONG KONG ON 1 JULY 1997, IN

ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS OF THE JOINT DECLARATION ON THE

QUESTION OF HONG KONG REACHED BETWEEN HER MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT

AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE'R REPUBLIC OF CHINA (HEREAFTER

'THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT'). PARAGRAPH 2 OF THE SCHEDULE TO THE

ACT CONFERRED POWER TO GIVE EFFECT BY ORDER IN COUNCIL TO THE

PROVISIONS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM MEMORANDUM ASSOCIATED WITH THE

JOINT DECLARATION. THE PURPOSE OF THIS WHITE PAPER IS TO PRESENT

THE TEXT OF A DRAFT ORDER IN COUNCIL, WHICH IS AT ANNEX 1.

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DURING THE PASSAGE OF THE HONG KONG BILL HER MAJESTY'S

GOVERNMENT GAVE TWO UNDERTAKINGS CONCERNING THE PARLIAMENTARY

HANDLING OF THE PROPOSED ORDER. THE FIRST WAS THAT IT WOULD BE

MADE WITHIN A YEAR OF THE PASSING OF THE BILL, SUBJECT ONLY TO

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