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MY SECOND IPT: HONG KONG AGREEMENT: NATIONALITY ORDER IN COUNCIL FOLLOWING IS TEXT OF APPROVED EXPLANATORY STATEMENT ON BN(0)

1.

PASSPORTS:

BEGINS

AN EXPLANATION OF ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE ISSUE OF BN(0) PASSPORTS

RESPONSIBILITY FOR ISSUE

1.

IT

BN(0) PASSPORTS WILL BE ISSUED IN HONG KONG BY THE GOVERNOR ACTING AS AGENT OF THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH SECRETARY. WILL BE POSSIBLE TO APPLY ALSO FOR PASSPORTS FROM PASSPORT

OFFICES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND FROM CONSULAR POSTS OVERSEAS. THE FACT THAT BN(0) PASSPORTS ARE ISSUED IN THE NAME OF THE

FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH SECRETARY RATHER THAN THAT OF THE

GOVERNOR WILL ENABLE THE PASSPORT TO BE ISSUED IN THE SAME FORM

AFTER 1 JULY 1997 AS BEFORE.

2.

3. THE GOVERNOR WILL CONTINUE TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ISSUE OF

HONG KONG BDTC PASSPORTS.

PASSPORT FORMAT

4. THE FORMAT OF THE BN(0) PASSPORT WILL BE THE SAME AS THAT

ISSUED BY UK PASSPORT ISSUING POSTS TO OTHER BRITISH NATIONALS.

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