The British Nationality (Hong Kong) Selection Scheme, usually known in Hong Kong as simply the British Nationality Selection Scheme (BNSS), was a process whereby, the Governor of Hong Kong, by Order of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom in the British Privy Council, invited certain classes of people, who were permanent residents of Hong Kong with the right of abode, under the Hong Kong Immigration Ordinance, Chapter 115 (L.N. 62 of 1972; originally L.N. 55 of 1971), and who were also considered British nationals under Parts II, III and IV and Part V, Section 38, of the British Nationality Act 1981, Chapter 61, but were not British citizens (with the right of abode in the United Kingdom) under Part I, Sections 1 and 2, of the 1981 Act, to apply to be considered and then be selected to become registered as British citizens under the British Nationality (Hong Kong) Act 1990, Chapter 34, by the British Home Secretary, under the advice and the recommendation of the Governor with the consent of the British Foreign Secretary.