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AS IF ANY REFERENCE IN THEM TO THE 1981 ACT INCLUDED A REFERENCE

TO THIS ORDER, NAMELY

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(A) SECTION 45 (EVIDENCE):

(B) SECTION 46(1) (OFFENCES):

(C) SECTIONS 47 AND 48 (LEGITIMATED AND POSTHUMOUS

CHILDREN).

(8) SECTION 50 OF THE 1981 ACT (INTERPRETATION) SHALL HAVE

EFFECT AS IF IN PARAGRAPH (1) AFTER THE DEFINITION OF

'ASSOCIATION' THERE WERE INSERTED THE FOLLOWING DEFINITIONS:

'BRITISH NATIONAL (OVERSEAS)' MEANS A PERSON WHO IS A

BRITISH NATIONAL (OVERSEAS) UNDER THE HONG KONG (BRITISH

NATIONALITY) ORDER 1986, AND 'STATUS OF A BRITISH NATIONAL

(OVERSEAS)' SHALL BE CONSTRUED ACCORDINGLY:

'BRITISH OVERSEAS CITIZEN' INCLUDES A PERSON WHO IS A

BRITISH OVERSEAS CITIZEN UNDER THE HONG KONG (BRITISH

NATIONALITY) ORDER 1986.

(9) SECTION 51 OF THE 1981 ACT (MEANING OF CERTAIN EXPRESSIONS

RELATING TO NATIONALITY IN OTHER ACTS AND INSTRUMENTS) SHALL HAVE

EFFECT AS IF IN SUBSECTION (3)

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(A) AT THE END OF PARAGRAPH (A)(II) THERE WERE INSERTED THE

WORDS 'OR WHO UNDER THE HONG KONG (BRITISH NATIONALITY) ORDER

1986 IS A BRITISH NATIONAL (OVERSEAS)':

(B) IN PARAGRAPH (B) AFTER THE WORDS 'BRITISH DEPENDENT

TERRITORIES CITIZEN' THERE WERE INSERTED THE WORDS 'NOR A BRITISH

NATIONAL (OVERSEAS)'.

(10) THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 12 OF THE 1981 ACT

(RENUNCIATION) SHALL APPLY IN RELATION TO BRITISH NATIONALS

(OVERSEAS) AND THE STATUS OF A BRITISH NATIONAL (OVERSEAS) AS

THEY APPLY IN RELATION TO BRITISH CITIZENS AND BRITISH

CITIZENSHIP.

(11) THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 40 OF THE 1981 ACT (DEPRIVATION

OF BRITISH CITIZENSHIP) SHALL APPLY IN RELATION TO PERSONS

REGISTERED AS BRITISH NATIONALS (OVERSEAS) UNDER THIS ORDER AND

THE STATUS OF A BRITISH NATIONAL (OVERSEAS) AS THEY APPLY IN

RELATION TO PERSONS REGISTERED AS BRITISH CITIZENS UNDER THE 1981

ACT AND BRITISH CITIZENSHIP.

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