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CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS BR
853 840 1976
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The freeze
is necessCI to avoid the destabilising
effects of legislative and operational vacuums which may occur
be Invalid and. if for
16 statutory laws are found
practical reasons,
can
replaced.
there are substantial delays before they
This notwithstanding, we consider that the
of the LegCo Ad Hoc Group and the public should be
However it is impracticable
accommodated
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as
far as possible.
work out a detailed schedule for a selective treeze at the
outset under the current legislative timetable. Indeed, the
need
time to identify Ordinances likely to be affected by
the Bill was the reason for the proposed freeze. We propose
that there should be a blanket freeze on existing legislation
for the first year after the enactment Of the Bill. We
further propose that during this period, the Councti should,
by resolution, decide which provisions of our ordinances
should be frozen for
another year or such longer period as
resolution, determine. To avoid any
this Council may, by
doubt, we also recommend that the Bill should make it clear
that the freeze will also cover acts done under existing
statutory powers including the exercise Of discretionary
powers.
8.
proposals.
Clauses 1(2) and 14 of the Bill give effect to these
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