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27.

Article 6 (3) and (4) fulfil Her Majesty's

Government's commitments to grandchildren born after

1 July 1997 to the children of former Hong Kong BDTCS

if they are born stateless. It was proposed during

the passage of the Hong Kong Bill that the automatic

provisions made for the first generation should not

apply to the second generation, but that they should

have an entitlement to registration as BOCS parallel

to the entitlement to registration as BDTCs provided

by sections 17 (2) and (3) of the British Nationality

Act 1981, which are described in paragraph 24 above.

28.

Article 6 (5) qualifies article 6 (3) to the

extent that section 17 (4) of the British Nationality

Act 1981 qualifies section 17 (2). That is to say, it

empowers the Secretary of State to accept an

application within six years rather than 12 months of

birth, if he thinks fit in the special circumstances

of any particular case.

Amendments to British Nationality Act 1981

29.

Article 7 sets out the amendments which will

be necessary to the 1981 Act.

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