TNAG-1385-FCO40-1833-Future-of-Hong-Kong-nationality-and-citizenship-1985 — Page 87

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HONG KONG AGREEMENT: NATIONALITY ORDER IN COUNCIL

FOLLOWING IS FINAL TEXT OF DRAFT ORDER IN COUNCIL (ANNEXES 1 AND

2 OF WHITE PAPER).

BEGINS.

ANNEX 1

DRAFT HONG KONG (BRITISH NATIONALITY) ORDER (HEADING UNDERLINED) CITATION, COMMENCEMENT AND EXTENT (HEADING UNDERLINED)

1.-(1) THIS ORDER MAY BE CITED AS THE HONG KONG (BRITISH

NATIONALITY) ORDER 1986 AND SHALL COME INTO OPERATION ON 1 JULY

1987.

(2) THIS ORDER EXTENDS TO NORTHERN IRELAND.

(3) THIS ORDER EXTENDS TO THE CHANNEL ISLANDS AND THE ISLE OF

MAN AND TO ALL DEPENDENT TERRITORIES.

CONNECTIONS WITH HONG KONG (HEADING UNDERLINED)

2.-(1) FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS ORDER A PERSON SHALL BE TAKEN TO

HAVE A CONNECTION WITH HONG KONG IF:

(A) SUBJECT TO PARAGRAPH (3) BELOW, HE, HIS FATHER OR HIS

MOTHER WAS BORN, NATURALISED OR REGISTERED IN HONG

KONG OR FOUND ABANDONED THERE AS A NEWBORN INFANT: OR

(B) HE, HIS FATHER OR HIS MOTHER WAS ADOPTED (WHETHER OR

NOT IN HONG KONG) AND THE ADOPTER OR, IN THE CASE OF

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