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British Nationality (Hong Kong) Act 1997

Consolidated Text As Enacted Cited authorities 1 Cited in Amendments 18 Related
Vincent
JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Citation1997 c. 20
is ordinarily resident in Hong Kong at the time of the application; andsatisfies the requirements of subsection (2) or (3) below.was ordinarily resident in Hong Kong;was a British Dependent Territories citizen by virtue only of his having a connection with Hong Kong (within the meaning given by the Schedule to this Act) ; andwould have been a stateless person if he had not been such a citizen, or such a citizen and a British National (Overseas) .was ordinarily resident in Hong Kong;was a British Overseas citizen, a British subject or a British protected person; andwould have been a stateless person if he had not been such a citizen, subject or person.(4) Subsections (2) and (3) above shall each have effect, in relation to a person who is or was born at any time on or after the relevant date, as if the reference to immediately before that date were a reference to that time.in the case of subsection (2) above, a British Dependent Territories citizen; orin the case of subsection (3) above, a British Overseas citizen, a British subject or a British protected person,(5A) An adult or young person shall not be registered under subsection (1) unless the Secretary of State is satisfied that the adult or young person is of good character.(5B) (6) A person shall not be registered under subsection (1) above if, on or after the relevant date, he renounces or renounced, or otherwise gives or gave up of his own volition, the status of a national or citizen of a country or territory outside the United Kingdom.(7) A person shall not be registered under subsection (1) above before 1st July 1997.(8) In this section expressions which are also used in the British Nationality Act 1981 (“the principal Act”) have the same meanings as in that Act.a British citizen by descent; ora British citizen otherwise than by descent,(2) A person who is registered as a British citizen under subsection (1) of section 1 above, and satisfies the requirements of subsection (3) of that section, shall be treated for the purposes of the principal Act as a British citizen by descent.(3) The following provisions of the principal Act shall have effect as if this Act were included in that Act, namely—
  • section 37 (Commonwealth citizenship) ;
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