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General outline

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4.2

4.3

The Bill will need to make substantive provision for -

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(a)

A

the approval by Parliament of a scheme) (in effect a

for selecting HK BDTC's for

+ ? BNOS etc.

"points system") citizenship;

(b)

a 50,000 limit;

(c)

(a)

(e)

(pney boreficiamis).

recommendations by the Governor that individual HK BDTC's be granted citizenship together with their spouses and children;

?r BNOS erc.

the manner in which applications are to be made;

excluding challenge by way of appeal or judicial review to individual decisions;

(£) the financing of the selection process.

These different aspects will be dealt with in turn.

The approval by Parliament of a Scheme

4.4 The Governor is to be placed under a duty to submit a Scheme to the Secretary of State fby

1990] The Secretary of State is to be empowered (but to be under no duty) to lay the Scheme (with or without amendments) in draft before both Houses of Parliament. The Secretary of State must consult the Governor before laying the Scheme if he lays it with amendments.

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