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2. The Hong Kong (British Nationality) Order 1986(1) shall be amended as follows–
(a)in article 4(2) after the words “would not be such a citizen,” shall be inserted the words “and who applies on or before the relevant date”; and
(b)after article 4(3) there shall be added–
“(4) An application for registration under paragraph (2) above made after the relevant date may be accepted if the applicant shows that there are special circumstances which justify his being so registered.
(5) Where any person is registered (or naturalised) as a British Dependent Territories citizen by virtue (wholly or partly) of his having a connection with Hong Kong, after, or less than three months before, the relevant date, the Secretary of State shall register him as a British National (Overseas) if he applies within three months after the date of his registration (or naturalisation) as a British Dependent Territories citizen.
(6) In this article “the relevant date” in relation to a person whose year of birth falls within one of the entries in column 1 of the Second Schedule to this Order, means the date shown in the corresponding entry in column 2.”.
S.I. 1986/948.
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