Item &
*
Whether the Chinese need
to be consulted/ informed and
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General Section
CA Branch Liaison Officer: PAS(CA)3
Date for HMG/HKG
to start
JD/BL reference
Action
Officer
if so, timing
f. Consider whether or
*D of Adm
Necessary
1991
SCA
not the present system for
appointing Justices
of the Peace should
continue after 1997
and if so the form in which such appointments should be made
10th edition (June 1990)
deliberation
Present Position
ExCo has endorsed continuation of the JP system after 1997 provided it is suitably modified to remove the colonial links.
Relevant Considerations
Replacement of Letters Patent Article XIV
and Honours System
Target Completion Date
wły:
1993
of
CL1
Please mark an '*' against the officer with overall responsibility
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