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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/british-nationality-hong-kong-selection-scheme-order-1990/schedule/paragraph-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1990/2292",
  "legislation_title": "The British Nationality (Hong Kong) (Selection Scheme) Order 1990",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/british-nationality-hong-kong-selection-scheme-order-1990",
  "path": "schedule/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In this scheme–\n“Act of 1981” means the British Nationality Act 1981;\n“Act of 1990” means the British Nationality (Hong Kong) Act 1990 and any reference to a section or a Schedule is a reference to a section of, or a Schedule to, that Act;\n“applicant” means an applicant for a recommendation under section 1(1) and “apply” and “application” shall be construed accordingly;\n“common date”, in relation to an applicant, means the first day of the period specified in a direction during which his application is determined;\n“direction” means a direction by the Secretary of State under section 1(3);\n“Governor” means the Governor of Hong Kong;\n“recommendation” means a recommendation by the Governor under section 1(1) and “recommend” and “recommended” shall be construed accordingly;\n“registered” means registered under section 1(1).\n(2) Where it falls to the Governor under this scheme to make any calculation he may for that purpose–\n(a) use such statistics or information as appear to him to be appropriate;\n(b) round up or down any figure to the nearest whole number.\n(3) Any reference in this scheme to the Governor includes, in relation to any function which the Governor has authorised a public officer in Hong Kong to exercise on his behalf under section 3(3)(b), a reference to that officer.\n(4) Unless the context otherwise requires, any reference in this scheme to a Part, Article or Annex is a reference to a Part or Article of, or Annex to, this scheme and any reference in an Article to a paragraph is a reference to a paragraph of that Article.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1981 c. 61."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1993/1789",
      "affecting_title": "The British Nationality (Hong Kong) (Selection Scheme) (Amendment) Order 1993"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1990/2292/schedule/paragraph/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:57:37.677805+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}