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The annexed draft Order in Council has been prepared
within this framework.
7.
Once the Order in Council has been finally
approved by Parliament, arrangements will be made for
those eligible to become BN (0)s to apply for that
status if they so wish together with the passports in
which it will be recorded. These arrangements are
outside the scope of the draft Order and are being
considered separately between Her Majesty's
Government and the Government of Hong Kong. They
will be announced in due course.
COMMENTARY ON THE PROVISIONS IN THE DRAFT ORDER
Citation, commencement and extent
8.
Article 1 sets out the title and
territories.
commencement date of the Order and ensures that it
forms part of the law of Northern Ireland, the
Channel Islands, the Isle of Man and the dependent
Commencement should be no later than 1
July 1987 in order to continue the present practice
of issuing passports which have a ten-year validity
period (those recording only BDTC status could not be
made valid beyond 30 June 1997). This arrangement will
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