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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/hong-kong-british-nationality-order-1986/article-5",
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  "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/5",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Removal of Hong Kong from list of dependent territories",
  "text": "On and after 1st July 1997 the British Nationality Act 1981 shall have effect as if in Schedule 6 to that Act (British Dependent Territories) the words “Hong Kong” were omitted.",
  "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/5",
    "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."
}