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(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

(e)

if the declarant is in Great Britain or Northern

Ireland, to the Secretary of State at the Home Office;

if the declarant is in any of the Islands, to the

Lieutenant-Governor;

if the declarant is in a dependent territory, to the

Governor;

if the declarant is in a country mentioned in

Schedule 3 to the Act, to the High Commissioner or,

if there is no High Commissioner to the Secretary

of State at the Home Office;

if the declarant is elsewhere, to any consular officer,

any established officer in the Diplomatic Service

of Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom

or any person authorised by the Secretary of State

in that behalf.

Notice of proposed deprivation of status

8.-(1) Where it is proposed to make an order under

(a)

section 40 of the Act depriving a person of the status of a

British National (Overseas), the notice required by section 40(6)

of the Act to be given to that person may be given

(a) in a case where that person's whereabouts are known,

(b)

by causing the notice to be delivered to him

personally or by sending it to him by post;

in a case where that person's whereabouts are not

known, by sending it by post in a letter addressed

to him at his last known address.

(a) Section 40 is applied in relation to the status of a British

National (Overseas) by the Hong Kong (British Nationality Order 1986, Article 7(11).

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