HONG KONG NATIONALITY ORDER IN COUNCIL
POINTS FOR CRITICISM
10.
DEPRIVATION OF BN (0) STATUS
CRITICISM
The provisions for deprivation in the British Nationality
Act 1981 should not apply to BN (0)s.
1.
PROVISION IN THE ORDER
2.
By virtue
of Article 7(6) of the draft Order, a BN(0) may
be deprived of this status.
Line to Take
3.
The power to deprive a person of citizenship is used
extremely rarely, but it would be prudent to retain it for BN(0)s.
BDTCs are already liable to deprivation under the terms of section
40(10) of the BNA 1981. There is no good reason to exclude BN (0)s
from these provisions.
10.
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