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Documentary Evidence Act 1882
Foreign Jurisdiction Act 1890
Colonial Probates Act 1892
I could go on.
[IF NECESSARY:]
Merchant Shipping Act 1894 and subsequent Merchant Shipping
Acts
Judicial Committee (Amendment) Act 1895
Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1908
Indian and Colonial Divorce Jurisdiction Acts 1926 and 1940
Evidence (Foreign, Dominion and Colonial Documents) Act 1933
Whaling Industry (Regulation) Act 1934
Copyright Act 1956
Civil Aviation Licensing Act 1960
Carriage by Air Act 1961
Carriage by Air (Supplementary Provisions) Act 1962
Fugitive Offenders Act 1967
Carriage of Goods by Sea Act 1971
Hijacking Act 1971
Civil Aviation Act 1977]
The bulk of the Orders in Council under this paragraph will be to amend or replace or to enable the Hong Kong legislature to
replace United Kingdom statutes to the extent that they form part of the law of Hong Kong. The minority that affect other United Kingdom statutes will generally be used to remove references to Hong Kong which will be inappropriate when Hong Kong ceases to be a British dependent territory.
There are likely to be a very large number of such amendments during the next 12 years. Even if as many as possible were to be grouped together in Orders in Council they would create a substantial amount of work for Parliament under positive resolution procedures.
The Government is therefore convinced that negative resolution procedures are the most suitable in the case of this paragraph. hon Members know if the House wishes to debate Orders under such
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