布政司署
CONFIDENTIAL
BY DIPLOMATIC BAG
香港下亞畢道
本署檔號 Our Ref: CR 3/3222/88(91) Pt.2
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GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT
LOWER ALBERT ROAD
HONG KONG
14 April 1992
Mr Peter Ricketts
Head of
Hong Kong Department
FCO
Mr flend
Miss Williams
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to process wide legal Advises, 34. wt deadline of is Many for reph
Rear Mike ficers (Security of Tenure) Bill
Judicial
Proposed Amendments to the Letters Patent, Colonial Regulations and Disciplinary Proceedings
(Colonial Regulations) Regulations
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The purpose of this letter is to seek
(a)
(b)
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and other
your agreement to amend the Letters Patent (LP), Colonial Regulations (CR) and Disciplinary Proceedings (Colonial Regulations) Regulations
(DP (CR) R) to
enable the Judicial Officers (Security of Tenure) Bill at Annex
to be passed by the Legislative Council; and
your advice whether there is any objection to the Bill being put to the Executive Council and the Legislative Council.
purpose of the Bill is to provide magistrates judicial officers other than judges with security tenure similar to that enjoyed by judges. The background the Bill and the details of the proposed amendments to the LP, CRS, and DP (CR) Rs are set out below.
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