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THE WORDS 'AND EMPLOYEES' COULD THEN BE DELETED FROM SECTION 3(1)
AND OFFICER IN CHARGE' COULD BE SUBSTITUTED FOR 'CHINA-BASED'
IN SECTION 3(2)(F). (AS WE EXPLAINED IN OUR TELNO 479 OF 27
JULY, WE THINK 'CHINA-BASED' WOULD BE BEST AVOIDED IN ORDER NOT TO
RISK UPSETTING CHINESE SENSITIVITIES.)
3. WE NOTICE THAT YOU HAVE NOT INCLUDED ARTICLES 15, 48 AND 55
OF VCCR IN DRAFT ORDINANCE. GRATEFUL FOR CLARIFICATION OF THE
REASON FOR THIS AS IT APPEARS TO US THAT THEY COULD BE RELEVANT.
THERE APPEARS TO BE AN ERROR IN SUBSECTION 3(2)(B) OF DRAFT
ORDINANCE. GRATEFUL FOR CLARIFICATION.
4.
5. SECTION 3(2)(H) OF DRAFT ORDINANCE MIGHT BE CLEARER IF IT
SPECIFIED THAT THE REFERENCE MENTIONED IS IN SECTION 9(1)(B)(II)
OF THE 1970 ORDINANCE.
6.
IT OCCURS TO US THAT THE DRAFTING DIFFICULTIES CAUSED BY THE
SPECIAL NATURE OF THE VISA OFFICE, AND BY THE FACT THAT THE
PROVISIONS OF THE UNDERSTANDING DIFFER IN SOME RESPECTS FROM THOS
OF THE VCCR, MIGHT BE ELIMINATED BY FORMULATING THE TEXT OF THE
DRAFT ORDINANCE IN TERMS OF WHAT IS TO BE ACCORDED TO THE VIS A
OFFICE, WHAT TO ITS OFFICERS, AND SUBJECT TO WHAT CONDITIONS.
THIS WOULD ALSO ENABLE THE TEXT TO BE READ MORE SIMPLY, WITHOUT
THE NEED FOR SUBSTITUTION OF TERMS OR REFERENCE TO THE 1970
ORDINANCE.
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