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provision was confined to "supplementary, transitional and consequential provisions". This implied that the power must be read in conjunction with paragraph 2(1). Yet he thought that there might be cases other than those dealt with in paragraph 2(1) where statelessness could arise. We have agreed to discuss this aspect further this afternoon.
Schedule, para 3(1)
6. In sub-sub-para (b) Mr Thomas wondered whether "operation" should be changed to "effect". I think we should follow the precedent of the Belize Act 1981 (on which these provisions are modelled) which uses the word "operation". In sub-sub-para (c), line 3, we noticed that the phrase should read "... or of any part of
I have already pointed this out to Parliamentary
Counsel.
4 December 1984
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Mr Galsworthy, HKD Mr Hoare, HKD
7. Bunows
F Burrows
Legal Counsellor
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