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THIS AMENDMENT TO SAVE EXISTING APPOINTMENTS OR AT LEAST TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT EXISTING MEMBERS WILL NOT REQUIRE REAPPOINTMENT. THE SUBORINDATE CLAUSES AND PROVISO IN THE ORIGINAL HAVE BEEN REPLACED BY SUB-CLAUSES (3), (4) AND (5).
(E) WE HAVE MADE SPECIFIC REFERENCE IN THE PROPOSED CLAUSE II(1)(C) TO 'APPOINTED AND ELECTED MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL' ' TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT BOTH CATEGORIES MAY BE APPOINTED AS
APPOINTED MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL''.
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(F) CLAUSE 3. KCAMENDING CLAUSE III) WE HAVE REMOVED (AND NOT REPLACED) THE FIRST REFERENCE TO ''UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS' WHICH SEEMS TO BE AN ODD IF NOT INCORRECT PROVISION. AT PRESENT THE GOVERNOR MAY APPOINT ''ANY PUBLIC OFFICER'' TO BE TEMPORARILY AN OFFICIAL OR AN (NEXT WORD UNDERLINED) UNOFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL. THE APPOINTMENT OF A CIVIL SERVANT AS AN UNOFFICIAL'' MEMBERS ALBEIT TEMPORARILY SEEMS QUOTE WRONG IN PRINCIPLE.
(G) CLAUSES 3 TO 19. WE HAVE PROVIDED FULL REFERENCES FOR ''OFFICIAL/APPOINTED MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL'' ''OFFICIAL/ APPOINTED/ELECTED MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
''EXECUTIVE
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COUNCIL' ''LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL'' ETC. THROUGHOUT THE INSTRCUTIONS. ALTHOUGH THIS CREATES MORE AMENDMENTS, WE THINK THIS APPROACH IS CLEARER THAN LEAVING UNTOUCHED THE EXISTING REFERENCES TO ''MEMBERS' AND ''COUNCIL'' ETC.
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(H) CLAUSE 5. (AMENDING CLAUSE VIII). THE CLUMSY AND OVERLAPPING PROVISIONS IN THE EXISTING CLAUSE VIII (2) AND (3) INCLUDING THE DEEMING OF THE CBF NOT TO BE AN EX-OFFICIO MEMBER FOR THE PURPOSES OF SUB-CLAUSE (2) AND DETERMINING THE SENIORITY OF THE OTHER EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS BY A REFERENCE TO CLAUSE II, HAVE BEEN REMOVED. THE NEW CLAUSE CLEARLY SETS OUT THE ORDER OF PRECEDENCE INCLUDING THAT OF THE THREE EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS CONCERNED.
(I) CLAUSE 16. WE HAVE REPEATED THE SIMPLIFICATION OF CLAUSE VIII (WHICH DEALS WITH THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL) IN CLAUSE XXI (WHICH DEALS WITH THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL).
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CLAUSE 17. (AMENDING CLAUSE XXIA). INTER ALIA THIS PROVIDES FOR THE LAPSE OF BILLS AND OTHER BUSINESS ON A DISSOLUTION OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL (PARAS. 2 AND 3 TUR REFER).
THIS AND XXVIII) REQUIREMENT TO INCLUDE MARGINAL
(K) CLAUSES 19 AND 20. (AMENDING CLAUSES XXV PROVIDES FOR THE DELECTION OF THE
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