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Declaration, and it will begin to meet for short periods
,
in London Peking and Hong Kong as soon as the Joint
It will meet at host once in each location in each your Declaration enters into force. Each side (United Kingdom
and China) will designate 5 members for the Group
(paragraph 7 of Annex II), and may send up to 20 supporting
staff. Paragraph 10 of the Annex provides that members of
the Group shall enjoy diplomatic privileges and immunities
as appropriate when in the three locations. There is
nothing in the Joint Declaration or its annexes to confer
any privileges or immunities on the supporting staff, or on
any experts who may assist in the work of the Group in
accordance with paragraph 11 of the Annex.
5.
Hong Kong will take the necessary action to ensure
that appropriate privileges and immunities are enjoyed by
the 5 Chinese members of the Group while they are in
Hong Kong. The only clause required in the Bill is one
which provides for members of the Sino-British Joint
Liaison Group nominated by the People's Republic of China
to enjoy in the United Kingdom the like privileges and
immunities as are accorded to diplomatic agents by
the Diplomatic Privileges Act 1964.
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Other Provisions
sat situation is Section 6 of the
6. It is not essential that the Bill should contain any
other provisions to enable the United Kingdom to ratify
the Joint Declaration. However Ministers have decided to
deal with two other matters in the Bill (Nationality and
Modification of aws), thus obviating the need for a
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