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12.

Article 2 (1) (b) concerns people who became

BDTC through adoption by parents who are Hong Kong

BDTCS. This provision accords with the provision for

acquisition of BDTC status by adoption under the

British Nationality Act 1981 whereby a child adopted

in a dependent territory becomes a BDTC if the

adopter or, in the case of joint adoption, one of the

adopters is a BDTC. It follows from this provision

that adoption in Hong Kong is not necessarily

sufficient in itself to establish a connection with

Hong kong for the purposes of the Order. On the

other hand adoption in another dependent territory

may in some circumstances establish such a

connection. This article is therefore so framed as

to ensure that a person is considered to have a

connection with Hong Kong for the purposes of the

Order if he is adopted by parents either of whom is a

BDTC by virtue of a connection with Hong Kong,

regardless of where the adoption took place.

13.

Article 2(1)(c) is concerned with people

registered outside Hong Kong.

Registration may have

taken place outside Hong Kong on the basis of a

connection with Hong Kong, particularly as certain of