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to respond to public comments and devise amendments may be
insufficient. At the other extreme some subsidiary
legislation, may have taken effect and achieved its
purpose long before there is an opportunity to amend it.
This Bill addresses this problem by providing that this
Council may, by resolution, at a sitting held at any time.
within 28 days of it being laid amend subsidiary
legislation, and, if more time, is desired, that the
Council may extend this period by a further period not
exceeding 21 days. The net effect therefore is to provide
opportunities to amend within 49 days of laying.
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Sir, the Administration is grateful to a group of
Members chaired by Miss Maria Tam which has proposed this
very sensible adjustment of our procedures.
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adjourned.
Sir, I move that the debate on this motion be