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fees specified in the relevant Urban Council Bylaws and the Places of Public Entertainment (Licenses) (Specification of fees) (Urban Council Area) Notice then ceased to have effect. These amendment bylaws will update the obsolete provisions of the relevant legislations.
Mr. Chairman, I beg to move.
MR. WONG KWOK-HING (in Cantonese):—Mr. Chairman, I second the motion.
The question was put.
The motion was carried unanimously.
(3) Mr. /san STEPHEN WONG HON-CHING, CHAIRMAN OF THE LIQUOR LICENSING BOARD, moved the following motion:-
*RESOLVED that the Dutiable Commodities (Liquor Licences) (Specification of Fees) (Urban Council Area) (Repeal) Notice 1996 be made under section 6A(5) of the Dutiable Commodities Ordinance, Cap. 109.'
He said (in Cantonese):—As Chairman of the Liquor Licensing Board, I rise to move the motion in my name.
The Dutiable Commodities (Liquor Licences) (Specification of Fees) (Urban Council Area) (Repeal) Notice 1996 be made under section 6A(5) of the Dutiable Commodities Ordinance, Cap. 109 now before the Council will, when adopted, repeal the obsolete notice relating to specification of fees for liquor and club liquor licences.
Pursuant to section 6A of the Dutiable Commodities Ordinance, Cap. 109, which was amended in June of 1994, the Council may determine licence fees and charges and publish the new fees in the Gazette for public information without having to go through the process of making subsidiary legislation.
Since the Council made determination of fees on 4 July 1995 and the new fees were published in the Gazette on 28 July 1995, the fees specified in the Dutiable Commodities (Liquor Licences) (Specification of Fees) (Urban Council Area) (Repeal) Notice then ceased to have effect. This amendment notice will repeal the obsolete principal notice.
Mr. Chairman, I beg to move.
Mr. Stanley NG Wing-fai (in Cantonese):—Mr. Chairman, I second the motion.
The question was put.
The motion was carried unanimously.
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