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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/british-nationality-hong-kong-selection-scheme-amendment-order-1993/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1993/1789",
  "legislation_title": "The British Nationality (Hong Kong) (Selection Scheme) (Amendment) Order 1993",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/british-nationality-hong-kong-selection-scheme-amendment-order-1993",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "BRITISH NATIONALITY\nMade 20th July 1993\nComing into force 3rd January 1994\nAt the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 20th day of July 1993\nPresent,\nThe Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council\nWhereas paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to the British Nationality (Hong Kong) Act 1990 provides that a scheme which amends a scheme set out in the first Order made under that Schedule may be a scheme submitted to the Secretary of State by the Governor of Hong Kong with such modifications (if any) as the Secretary of State may think necessary or expedient:\nAnd whereas the scheme set out in the Schedule to this Order is a scheme so submitted without any modifications:\nAnd whereas a draft of this Order has been approved by resolution of each House of Parliament:\nNow, therefore, Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred upon Her by Schedule 1 to the British Nationality (Hong Kong) Act 1990, is pleased, by and with the advice of her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1990 c. 34."
    }
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
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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."
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