{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/british-nationality-hong-kong-selection-scheme-order-1990/schedule/paragraph-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/british-nationality-hong-kong-selection-scheme-order-1990/schedule/paragraph-9.json",
  "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/9",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "The points system",
  "text": "(1) Subject to the provisions of Part IV, an applicant shall be recommended if the total number of points allocated to him in accordance with this Part is sufficiently high to bring him within the relevant quota.\n(2) Points shall be allocated to an applicant under the headings listed in the first column of the table below and the number of points to be allocated under Articles 11 to 17 in respect of each heading shall not exceed the number indicated in the second column of that table.\nAge\n200\nExperience\n150\nEducation and training\n150\nSpecial circumstances\n150\nProficiency in the English language\n50\nConnections with the United Kingdom\n50\nPublic or community service\n50",
  "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/9",
    "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."
}