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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/british-nationality-hong-kong-selection-scheme-order-1990/schedule/paragraph-3",
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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/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Application of scheme",
  "text": "(1) This scheme applies to persons who are settled in Hong Kong and who–\n(a) are British Dependent Territories citizens by virtue of a connection with Hong Kong or who have, before the passing of the Act of 1990 or, as the case may be, before any later date specified for the purposes of paragraph 4(1)(a) of Schedule 1 by a direction, applied for registration or naturalisation as such citizens by virtue of such a connection and whose applications would have been successful in the absence of registration under that Act; or\n(b) are British Nationals (Overseas), British Overseas citizens, British subjects by virtue of Part IV of the Act of 1981 or British protected persons.\n(2) References in paragraph (1) to a connection with Hong Kong shall be construed in accordance with Article 2 of the Hong Kong (British Nationality) Order 1986.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1986/948."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1993/1789",
      "affecting_title": "The British Nationality (Hong Kong) (Selection Scheme) (Amendment) Order 1993"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1990/2292/schedule/paragraph/3",
    "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."
}