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Reference
FROM: A J Young
Assistant Legal Adviser
DATE: 23 October 1992
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CC:
Ms Wilmshurst
Legal Counsellor
Mr Bunton HKD
Mr Gardner
SCD
WH MZ 22
AVIATION AND MARITIME SECURITY ACT 1990: HONG KONG
1..
This minute
attaching responds to yours of 22 October
Dr
Hase's fiesty facsimile.
2.
made
is
Responsibilities The first point that should be that I have only ever been concerned with the aviation parts (one section in
Act Security essence) of the Aviation and Maritime 1990 ("AMSA").
3. Secondly, the matter of aviation and maritime security is no one for AMD, a longer, and has not been for
for many months now, client department of mine. This is the preserve of SCD, not one of my client departments. Not being one of my clients I cannot give any priority to SCD's work since I am servicing ESED, AMD, Consular and ISD(0).
Order
in Council Dr Hase seeks, forcefully, an entire the
or at the AMSA to Hong Kong immediately
are the end of the year. by
Two Privy Council meetings
for the end of the year: before
17 November,
have to be
November; and with the Council by 11 December, for which papers have to be submitted by 11 December.
4.
Demands
applying latest scheduled
papers
5.
Availability
which 17
of
It will not surprise you to learn, given 3 above, that paragraph
full schedule I already have a commitments to the end of the year:
W/C 2 November - African air services (London), Irish Pipeline negotiations (Dublin);
www
W/C 9 November Energy Charter (Brussels);
-
-
W/C 16 November Frigg treaty negotiations (Oslo);
W/C 23 November
-
drafting Air
Navigation
Territories) (Amendment) Order 1992;
W/C 30 November
W/C 7 December (Geneva);
W/C 14 December
air services negotiations (Tel Aviv);
(Overseas
ITU Extraordinary Meeting of Plenipotentiaries
ditto.