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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/hong-kong-british-nationality-order-1986/introduction",
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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": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "BRITISH NATIONALITY\nLaid before Parliament in draft\nMade 5th June 1986\nComing into Operation 1st July 1987\nAt the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 5th day of June 1986\nPresent,\nThe Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council\nWhereas a draft of this Order has been laid before Parliament and has been approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament:\nNow, therefore, Her Majesty, in pursuance of paragraph 2 of the Schedule to the Hong Kong Act 1985, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:—",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1986/948/introduction",
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  "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."
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