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21.

Article 4 (2) enables Hong Kong BDTC who will

lose that citizenship on 1 July 1997 to have an

entitlement to acquire BN (0) status and to hold or be

included in a passport appropriate to that status.

The reference to passports is consistent with the

wording of the United Kingdom Memorandum (see

paragraph 4 above).

22.

Article 4 (3) accords with the terms of the

United Kingdom Memorandum. In order to be eligible

to acquire BN (0) status a person must be a BDTC on 30

June 1997. A person who acquires BN (0) status and

subsequently renounces or is deprived of BDTC status

before 30 June, 1997 will not meet this requirement,

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and cannot therefore retain BN (0) status beyond that

date.

Removal of Hong Kong from

List of Dependent Territories

23.

Article 5 deletes Hong Kong from the list of

British Dependent Territories in Schedule 6 to the

Brtish Nationality Act 1981 as from 1 July 1997.