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Hong Kong Act 1985

Consolidated Text As Enacted Cited authorities 2 Cited in Amendments 5 Related
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JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
(1) As from 1st July 1997 Her Majesty shall no longer have sovereignty or jurisdiction over any part of Hong Kong.(2) This section shall come into force on the exchange of instruments of ratification of the Joint Declaration of the Government of the United Kingdom and the Government of the People’s Republic of China on the Question of Hong Kong which was signed in Peking on 19th December 1984; and notice of the date on which those instruments are exchanged shall be given in the London Gazette.(1) This Act may be cited as the Hong Kong Act 1985.(2) The Schedule to this Act shall have effect with respect to the matters there mentioned, being matters consequential on or connected with the provisions of section 1 above or the Declaration mentioned in that section.(1) In this Schedule “the relevant date” means 1st July 1997 and “enactment” means any provision of an Act, other than this Act, passed before the relevant date and any provision of an instrument made before that date under any such Act.

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