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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/british-nationality-hong-kong-regulations-1986/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1986/2175",
  "legislation_title": "The British Nationality (Hong Kong) Regulations 1986",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/british-nationality-hong-kong-regulations-1986",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "BRITISH NATIONALITY\nMade 9th December 1986\nLaid before Parliament 18th December 1986\nComing into Operation 1st July 1987\nIn exercise of the powers conferred upon me by section 41(1) and (3) of the British Nationality Act 1981, I hereby make the following Regulations:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "section 41 was amended by the Hong Kong (British Nationality) Order 1986 (S.I. 1986/948), Article 7(4)."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1986/2175/introduction",
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  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}