CONFIDENTIAL
12891
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OCMIAN 2891
CONFIDENTIAL
PP PEKIN
FM FCOLN TO HONKON
041515Z FEB 86
GRS 238
CONFIDENTIAL
FM FCO
HKH 1807*
нин
TO PRIORITY HONG KONG | RECEIVEL
TELNO 228
OF 041515Z FEBRUARY 86
INFO PRIORITY PEKING
·I REGISTRY'
- 4 FEB 1986
DER
PA
REGISTRY Acton Taken
YOUR TELNO 2307: LOCALISATION OF CIVIL AVIATION LEGISLATION
THE LOCALISATION OF CIVIL AVIATION LEGISLATION WAS DISCUSSED AT A RECENT MEETING BETWEEN LEGAL ADVISERS, HKD, AND
HEADY AND LOK.
1.
2.
IN VIEW OF YOUR WISH TO ENACT A CIVIL AVIATION ORDINANCE BEFORE THE END OF 1986 IT WAS AGREED THAT, AS A FIRST STEP, YOU WOULD PROVIDE BY THE END OF FEBRUARY A GENERAL PAPER OUTLINING WHAT YOU PROPOSE TO INCLUDE IN THE ORDINANCE: IT WOULD ALSO BE HELPFUL IF YOU INDICATED WHICH CURRENT UK LEGISLATION YOU WOULD NOT WISH TO SEE INCLUDED. IT WAS RECOGNISED THAT IT MAY BE NECESSARY, OR DESIRABLE, TO SPLIT THE LOCALISATION OF CIVIL AVIATION LEGISLATION INTO 3 PHASES, DEALING FIRST WITH CIVIL AVIATION PROPER FOLLOWED BY THE MORE COMPLEX MATTERS OF CARRIAGE BY AIR AND HIJACKING AND SECURITY. WE AWAIT YOUR PAPER WITH
INTEREST.
3.
THE GENERAL QUESTION OF THE LOCALISTAION OF LEGISLATION WAS DISCUSSED BY FIFOOT AND O'GRADY DURING FIFOOT'S VISIT TO HONG KONG IN DECEMBER. WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE AT AN EARLY STAGE, YOUR PROPOSED PROGRAMME FOR THE LOCALISATION OF LEGISLATION FOR THE NEXT 2 OR 3 YEARS. OUR PURPOSE IN THIS IS TO LIMIT THE NUMBER OF
OUR UNDERTAKING IS ORDERS IN COUNCIL UNDER THE HONG KONG ACT.
THAT THE CANDIDATES FOR A FIRST ORDER IN COUNCIL WOULD BE CIVIL
AVIATION AND SHIPPING.
HOWE
LIMITED
HKD
FED
MAED
LEGAL ADVISERS
DR WILSON
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