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Amendments
not
to the constitutional documents should
The
expression
be dependent ОП the subordinate local legislation.
"the Governor as President of the Legislative Council" where it appears in the Audit Ordinance will, until such time as it can be amended, require to be
reconciled with the
It
amended Royal Instructions.
can only be interpreted as either the
"Governor" or the
requirement on the
"President of
LegCo".
The
Director of Audit under the
Ordinance to submit a report to the "Governor as
President of the
will по doubt be
Legislative Council" will not
arise until March 1993.
The Director of Audit given appropriate advice as to
how he is to meet his statutory obligation, if the necessary amendments to the Audit Ordinance are not in place by then. matter and should not allowed to delay the current
amendments.
This is a relatively minor
On the submission of the amendments to the Privy Council, we appreciate that you are working under extremely tight deadline and are most grateful for your assistance. We do very much hope that the amendments can make it to the December meeting, as otherwise they will have to slip to February which clearly is not desirable.
yous suciedys Juttavi
(Joseph Y.T. Lai)
for Secretary for Constitutional Affairs
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