{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/hong-kong-british-nationality-order-1986/article-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/hong-kong-british-nationality-order-1986/article-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1986/948",
  "legislation_title": "The Hong Kong (British Nationality) Order 1986",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/hong-kong-british-nationality-order-1986",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Loss of British Dependent Territories citizenship",
  "text": "Any person who, immediately before 1st July 1997—\n(a) is a British Dependent Territories citizen by virtue (wholly or partly) of his having a connection with Hong Kong; and\n(b) but for his having a connection with Hong Kong would not be a British Dependent Territories citizen,\nshall on that date cease to be such a citizen.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1986/948/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:47:17.113420+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."
}