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OCMIAN 4116

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TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG

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MIPT: HONG KONG AGREEMENT: NATIONALITY ORDER IN COUNCIL

FOLLOWING IS NEXT PART OF TEXT OF DRAFT ORDER IN COUNCIL (ANNEXES

1 AND 2 OF WHITE PAPER).

BEGINS.

(II)

AFTER THE WORDS 'BRITISH DEPENDENT TERRITORIES CITIZEN'

THERE WERE INSERTED THE WORDS, OR AS A BRITISH NATIONAL

(OVERSEAS,':

(III) AFTER THE WORDS 'AS THE CASE MAY BE,' THERE WERE INSERTED

THE WORDS 'A BRITISH NATIONAL (OVERSEAS) OR'.

(6) SECTION 43 OF THE 1981 ACT (EXERCISE OF FUNCTIONS OF

SECRETARY OF STATE BY GOVERNORS AND OTHERS) SHALL HAVE EFFECT AS

IF

WORDS

(A) ANY REFERENCE IN IT TO THE 1981 ACT INCLUDED A

REFERENCE TO THIS ORDER:

(B) IN SUBSECTION (1)(B) AT THE END THERE WERE INSERTED THE

AND IN CASES CONCERNING BRITISH NATIONALS (OVERSEAS) OR

THE STATUS OF A BRITISH NATIONAL (OVERSEAS)':

(C) IN SUBSECTION (2) AT THE END THERE WERE INSERTED THE

FOLLOWING PARAGRAPH

'(C) RENUNCIATION AND DEPRIVATION OF THE STATUS OF A

BRITISH NATIONAL (OVERSEAS).'.

(7) THE FOLLOWING PROVISIONS OF THE 1981 ACT SHALL HAVE EFFECT

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