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SUCH POSTS AT PRESENT ISSUE THE TRADITIONAL BLUE HARD COVER
PASSPORT AND THE FIRST BN(0) PASSPORTS ARE LIKELY TO BE ISSUED IN
THAT FORMAT.
5. THERE WILL HOWEVER BE A CHANGE IN THE FORMAT OF ALL BRITISH
PASSPORTS AS A CONSEQUENCE OF THE DECISION TO GIVE A COMMON
FORMAT TO THE NATIONAL PASSPORTS OF EUROPEAN COMMUNITY MEMBER
STATES. ONCE THAT CHANGE HAS BEEN MADE, AND THE EXACT TIMING HAS
YET TO BE SETTLED, THE BN(0) PASSPORT WILL BE THE SAME AS THAT
ISSUED BY ISSUING POSTS TO THOSE BRITISH NATIONALS WHO ARE NOT UK
NATIONALS FOR EC PURPOSES. THIS PASSPORT, LIKE THE PROPOSED
COMMON EUROPEAN COMMUNITY PASSPORT WILL BE BURGUNDY RED, SOFT
COVERED AND OF SMALLER SIZE THAN THE PRESENT DOCUMENT. ON THE
COVER WILL BE THE WORDING 'UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND
NORTHERN IRELAND' THE ROYAL EMBLEM AND 'PASSPORT' AND THE WORDING
ON THE INSIDE COVER WILL REFER TO 'HER BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S
SECRETARY OF STATE'. IT IS ALSO PLANNED THAT ALL REFERENCES TO
THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY AND TRANSLATIONS INTO EUROPEAN COMMUNITY
LANGUAGES SAVE FOR FRENCH AT VARIOUS PLACES INSIDE THE PASSPORT
WILL BE REMOVED. IN OTHER RESPECTS THE PASSPORT WILL BE VERY
SIMILAR TO THE DOCUMENT ISSUED TO THOSE BRITISH NATIONALS WHO ARE
UK NATIONALS FOR EUROPEAN COMMUNITY PURPOSES BUT THE LATTER WILL
IN ADDITION CONTAIN THE WORDS 'EUROPEAN COMMUNITY' ON THE COVER.
6.
(OPEN SQUARE BRACKETS) HONG KONG WILL CHANGE TO THE NEW
FORMAT FOR BDTC HONG KONG PASSPORTS BUT WITH HONG KONG ON THE
COVER AND THE GOVERNOR'S RUBRIC ONCE THE UK GOVERNMENT INTRODUCES
THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY COMMON FORMAT PASSPORT. (CLOSE SQUARE BRACKETS)
PRICE OF THE BN(0) PASSPORT
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A FEE WILL BE CHARGED FOR THE BN(0) PASSPORT UNDER THE
CONSULAR FEES ACT 1980 AND WILL BE STANDARD FOR ALL UK PASSPORT
ISSUING POSTS AROUND THE WORLD, SAVE FOR VARIATIONS ARISING FROM
RATES OF CURRENCY EXCHANGE. THE LEVEL OF THE FEE HAS NOT YET
BEEN DECIDED.
8. THE FEE FOR THE BDTC HONG KONG PASSPORT IN HONG KONG WILL BE
LEVIED UNDER THE HONG KONG IMMIGRATION REGULATIONS AND WILL BE
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