Regulation 8 Notice of proposed deprivation of status

(1)

Where it is proposed to make an order under section 40^f1 of the Act depriving a person of the status of a British National (Overseas), the notice required by section 40(6) of the Act to be given to that person may be given—

(a)

in a case where that person's whereabouts are known, by causing the notice to be delivered to him personally or by sending it to him by post;

(b)

in a case where that person's whereabouts are not known, by sending it by post in a letter addressed to him at his last known address.

(2)

Any notice given as aforesaid shall include a statement of the time within which an application for an inquiry under section 40(7) of the Act must be made.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: Section 40 is applied in relation to the status of a British National (Overseas) by the Hong Kong (British Nationality) Order 1986, Article 7(11).