{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/british-nationality-hong-kong-selection-scheme-order-1990/schedule/paragraph-24",
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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/24",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "24",
  "heading": "The entrepreneurs class",
  "text": "(1) Subject to the provisions of Part IV, within the quota prescribed by Article 5 for applicants in the entrepreneurs class, the Governor may recommend an applicant if, having regard to the matters specified in paragraph (2), he considers that the applicant has made a special contribution to the economy of Hong Kong.\n(2) The matters to which the Governor shall have regard in making a recommendation under paragraph (1) are–\n(a) the extent of the applicant’s investments in Hong Kong;\n(b) the annual turnover of any business in Hong Kong which the applicant controls (whether alone or jointly with others);\n(c) the number of persons employed in any such business;\n(d) the extent to which the applicant’s emigration would undermine confidence in the economy of Hong Kong;\n(e) whether there are, in the applicant’s case, special circumstances of the type referred to in Article 14;\n(f) whether the applicant has connections with the United Kingdom of the type referred to in Article 16;\n(g) whether the applicant has performed any public or community service of the type referred to in Article 17.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1993/1789",
      "affecting_title": "The British Nationality (Hong Kong) (Selection Scheme) (Amendment) Order 1993"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1990/2292/schedule/paragraph/24",
    "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."
}