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date.
The handling of other matters in the agreement which require
legislation by statute at some stage can usefully be dealt with in
the same Bill.
THE AGREED DOCUMENTS
3.
The documents, as agreed with the Chinese, will be
(a)
a Joint Declaration, which with its Annexes would
constitute the agreement;
(b)
Annex 1 setting out Chinese policies towards Hong Kong after 1997;
(c)
Annex 2 setting out the terms of reference of a Joint Liaison Group to continue cooperation between the British and Chinese Governments from the entry into force of the Agreement until the year 2000;
(d)
Annex 3 dealing with land both before and after 1997;
and
(e)
in addition, there would be Memoranda exchanged between the two governments on nationality.
These documents have not yet been put in final form but the latest versions of them are attached. With the exception of the Memoranda on nationality, the documents will be legally binding on the two sides by virtue of paragraph 6 of the Joint Declaration.
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