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ADAPTATION OF LAW
Paragraph 3 of the Schedule deals with the modification of
UK Acts and Subordinate Legislation. It gives the necessary powers to make changes in British law in consequence of or in connection with the ending of
sovereignty. This paragraph enables Orders in Council to
be made:
to repeal or amend UK legislation in so far as it is
part of the law of Hong Kong;
to enable the legislature of Hong Kong to repeal or amend UK legislation in so far as it is part of the law
of Hong Kong and to legislate with extra-territorial
effect;
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and to repeal or amend British legislation which relates to Hong Kong.
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Such provisions are normal when this country ceases have sovereignty over a territory. They are written into independence Acts, and although this Bill is course
different from an independence Bill, a similar provision
is necessary. It would of course be inappropriate to
continue after 1997 to have references in the laws either
of Hong Kong or the UK implying the continuation of a constitutional relationship with the UK.
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