Article 3

(1)

No person to whom this article applies shall, except as permitted by or under this Order, enter into a specially protected area.

(2)

Subject to paragraph (3) of this article, this article applies to any person who is for the time being—

(a)

a British citizen, a British Dependent Territories citizen or a British Overseas citizen; or

(b)

a person who under the British Nationality Act 1981^f1 is a British subject; or

(c)

a British protected person (within the meaning of that Act); or

(d)

a person who under the Hong Kong Act 1985^f2 is a British National (Overseas).

(3)

This article does not apply to any person to whom section 1 of the Act does not apply by virtue of subsection (4) of that section.

(4)

Any person who does anything in contravention of this article shall be guilty of an offence.

(5)

Paragraph (1) of this article shall not be taken to be contravened in the circumstances provided for in section 2 of the Act.

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