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FM FCO
TO DESKBY 30100OZ HONG KONG
TELNO 1033
OF 291555Z JUNE 92
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YOUR TELNO 1528: ARANGEMENTS FOR REGISTERING HKBTCS AS BN (0)S
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AS EXPLAINED (REF TELECON WOODROW DEAN OF 26 JUNE) BOTH WE
AND THE HOME OFFICE ARE SUBMITTING THESE COMPLEX PROPOSALS TO MINISTERS. WE ARE UNLIKELY TO GET CLEARANCE BEFORE YOUR DEADLINE.
IN THE MEANTIME WE WOULD BE GRATEFUL IF YOU DID NOT
(NOT) PUT THE ISSUE TO EXCO.
2. AT OFFICIAL LEVEL, WE DO NOT SEE ANY NEED FOR TWO SEPARATE ORDERS IN COUNCIL ON CUT-OFF DATES. MOREOVER, WE BELIEVE THAT CUT-OFF DATES FOR BDTC'S AND BN (0)S CANNOT SATISFACTORILY BE DEALT WITH SEPARATELY AND THAT IT WOULD BE BETTER TO COVER BOTH IN ONE ORDER IN COUNCIL. THE HOME OFFICE HAVE ALSO EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT THE COMPLICATED NATURE OF YOUR SCHEME ON CUT-OFF DATES AND ON THE SPEED OF ITS INTRODUCTION. THE HOME OFFICE BELIEVE THAT HAVING A WHOLE SERIES OF CUT-OFF DATES FOR BN (0)S, A CUT-OFF DATE FOR BDTC AND ESCAPE CLAUSES FOR THOSE WHO HAVE GOOD REASONS FOR MISSING THE DATES WOULD CREATE CONSIDERABLE DIFFICULTIES IN DRAFTING THE ORDER AND IN ADMINISTERING THE SCHEME. DETAILED COMMENTS ON YOUR PROPOSED DRAFT EXCO PAPER ARE CONTAINED IN A MINUTE FROM OUR LEGAL COUNSELLOR WHICH WE ARE FAXING TO YOU.
3. WITH REFERENCE TO PARA 2(A) OF YOUR TUR HOME OFFICE INFORM US THAT THERE WOULD BE LITTLE DIFFICULTY IN FITTING AN ORDER IN COUNCIL INTO THE 1992-93 PARLIAMENTARY TIMETABLE AND THAT IT SHOULD BE POSSIBLE TO COMPLETE THE WHOLE LEGAL AND PARLIAMENTARY
PROCESS IN ABOUT 6 MONTHS.
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