June
The
1993)
chinese side will recall that on Day Three (23
of JLC XXVI, the British side montschach that we -
had been giving further thought to our approach to the
Adaptation of Laws exercise. We said that we intended soon
begin handing over proposals for the adaptation of a ordinances chapter by chapter, that we
to
number of specific
in an ordered way and should aim to
should try to do SO
keep up લે steady flow of proposals and that we believed
that this would enable the Chinese side consider this
large and important area of work in a systematic and steady
manner.
2.
The British side would like ** take Luis
opportunity to
elaborate on our thinking on the approach and to adjust our proposal for the adaptation of the Post Office Ordinance accordingly.
3.
dealt with
All necessery
As mentioned before, ordinances are
chapter by chapter under the new approach. amendments to a specific ordinance are covered in tam consultation proposal. As such, the British side nok
considers that there is no need to distinguish between "midnight" and "non-midnight" adaptations and for these to
be dealt with at different stages. Given their someO1
purpose of convergence with the Basic Law, all the
necessary adaptations to the Ordinance agreed with the
Chinese side should take effect
2 July 1997, The
would be achieved by
schedule
British side
incorporating
amendments
envisages that this
all
on
the adaptations in
be attached to a Bill for enactment by th
Hong Kong legislature before 1 July 1997. The 5411
come into force on enactment, but the amenaments would take
effect on 1 July 1997.