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in the Cyprus Act 1960 this was left to be done by Order in Council, subject only to annulment procedures in Parliament. There is therefore a precedent for procedures for annulment only in this field. However substantive provisions on nationality may be of such Parliamentary interest that pressure for a full affirmative procedure ie prior approval by both Houses of the Orders in Council
in draft, at least
the matter of nationality, would be difficult
to resist. It could be explained that the nationality provisions would be left to Orders in Council because they involve detailed drafting which would delay the Bill.and bacave
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(c) Modifications of UK statutes in preparation for or on the ending
of sovereignty and the lease would be dealt with within the Bill by
enabling clauses allowing the detailed provisions to be made by order-in-council, or in certain cases, eg shipping, by Hong Kong legislation. Such orders in council in accordance with precedent,
could unless Parliamentary pressures proved inevitable 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.
THE PASSAGE OF THE BILL
8.
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
9.
It is therefore proposed that, as envisaged above, a short bill
should be prepared dealing with the termination of sovereignty and
including enabling clauses on nationality and other matters.
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