HONG KONG LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL -28 June 1989
香港立法局
First Reading of Bills
·九八九年六月二十八日
LEGAL AID (AMENDMENT) BILL 1989
ARBITRATION (AMENDMENT) BILL 1989
COUNTRY PARKS (AMENDMENT) BILL 1989
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PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES (THE INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE RED CROSS) BILL 1989
BETTING DUTY (AMENDMENT) BILL 1989
TELECOMMUNICATION (AMENDMENT) BILL 1989
BROADCASTING AUTHORITY (AMENDMENT) BILL 1989
Bills read the First time and ordered to be set down for Second Reading pursuant to Standing Order 41(3).
Second Reading of Bills
LEGAL AID (AMENDMENT) BILL 1989
THE CHIEF SECRETARY moved the Second Reading of: "A Bill to amend the Legal Aid Ordinance."
He said: Sir, I move that the Legal Aid (Amendment) Bill 1989 be read a Second time.
This Bill makes a number of amendments to the Legal Aid Ordinance in order to improve the working of the legal aid scheme.
Two of the amendments update certain financial limits. The Ordinance empowers the Director of Legal Aid to impose a first charge, for the purpose of recovering contributions from an aided person, on any property recovered or preserved for him, excluding maintenance payments exceeding $1,500 a month. One amendment increases this limit to $2,500 per month. Another amendment increases the amount of the first charge that the director may waive in cases of serious hardship from $10,000 to $30,000.