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Mr FifootLegal Advisers)
THE HONG KONG (LEGISLATIVE POWERS) ORDER 1986
Hong Kong have sought an extension of the powers of the
This is in accor-
legislature in certain areas of the law.
dance with the provisions of the Hong Kong Act 1985.
Exten-
sion is made by Order in Council and it is proposed that the
attached draft Order be submitted to the Privy Council at its
meeting on 8 July.
RECOMMENDATION
2.
I recommend that Mr Renton should approve the draft Order.
If he agrees, he should sign his name in the top right-hand
margin of the draft Order.
BACKGROUND
3. The general powers of a colonial legislature such as the
Hong Kong Legislative Council to make laws for the peace,
order and good government of the territory are subject to
restrictions on repealing or amending any UK law which extends
to the territory and (in a somewhat ill-defined manner) on laws
having extraterritorial effect. A number of laws presently in
force in Hong Kong are UK laws. It is desirable, in order to
remove what may be characterised as "colonial" associations,
to replace such laws by ordinances which have been enacted by
the Hong Kong legislature, thereby providing Hong Kong with a
comprehensive local statute book and facilitating the continuity
of the laws of Hong Kong after 1997. Hong Kong proposes to
adopt a programme for the localisation of laws and to make a
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