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d allowance, but could have extraterritorial effect. Such Orders
in Council, in accordance with precedent, could, unless
Parliamentary pressures proved irresistible, be subject only to
negative procedure, ie subject to annulment. Some of these
modifications of statutes on termination of sovereignty cannot be
definitively settled now since they depend on the status of UK legislation in 1997.
(d) The point about privileges and immunities could be dealt with
by a short clause to the effect that the members of the Sino-British
Joint Liaison Group nominated by the Government of the People's
Republic of China will enjoy the like privileges and immunities as are accorded to diplomatic agents by the Diplomatic Privileges Art
1964.
THE PASSAGE OF THE BILL
1.
Parliament will have been given an opportunity to debate the agreement in December: and it is hoped that there will not be any
great difficulties in the Bill's passage through Parliament early in
1985. This issue is however a sensitive one and it is not possible
to rule out some repetition of previous controversy, particularly on
nationality. It would be important to introduce the Bill as early
as possible in the New Year.
CONCLUSION
8. It is therefore proposed that, as envisaged above, a short Bill
should be prepared dealing with the termination of sovereignty and privileges and immunities and including enabling clauses on
nationality and other matters.
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