1.
12
Rule 4 in revoking and replacing rule 9 of the principal rule brings the basic provisions thereof in regard to service and terms of articles into line with English practice, thereby necessitating consequential amend ments of the Second Schedule to the principal rules which are effected by rule 14.
Rule 4 inter alia authorizes the Society to permit articled clerkship in England and Wales to be reckoned as good service under articles, The reference to such clerkship in rule 6 of the principal rules is thereby superseded and is removed by rule 3.
4. Rule 5 amends nule 10(2) of the principal rules in order to confer upon the Society power to direct that certain service under articles, otherwise non-reckonable, may be reckoned as good service,
$ Rule 8 amends rule 16 of the principal rules in regard to the time when different classes of students may sit for the Part II examination.
6. Rule (c) introduces a new concept, namely, exemption from the Part 11 examination, and thereby accessibatça amendment of rule 14 of the principal rules which is affected by rule 7. Rule 2) doses a gap in rule 171) of the principal rules.
7. The effect of nule 10 which revokes and replaces rule 19 of the principal rules is to sanction the issue through the Society or the English Law Society of documentary evidence of examination results. The revoked rule 19 made provision for the issue of such evidence through the English Law Society only.
. Rule 11 is a declaratory provision, and rule 13 prescribes moticos and other forms to be used in connexion with these rulca.
9. Rule 12 extends rule 2001) of the principal rules so as to recognize not only practice at the English Bar but also practice at the Bar anywhere in the United Kingdom, in Hong Kong and conditionally in other places. Such recognition follows the lines of a recent amendment of section 27(1) of the principal Ordinance.
10. The opportunity has also been taken of correcting typographical errors and omissions.
(Secretarial GR 3/3281/67)
TELECOMMUNICATION ORDINANCE.
(Chapter 106).
TELECOMMUNICATION (AMENDMENT) (NO. 2) REGULATIONS 1968.
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 37 of the Telecommunication Ordinance, the Governor in Council has made the following regulations—
1.
These regulations may be cited as the Telecommunica- tion (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1968.
2. The Second Schedule to the principal regulations is amended in Part I by adding, after item 6, the following-
"7. For restricted certificate of competency in
3.
radiotelephony
$30".
The Third Schedule to the principal regulations is amended by deleting the following forms----
(a) Certificate of Competency in Radiotelegraphy. First
Classi
(6) Certificate of Competency in Radiotelegraphy. Second
Class.:
(c) Certificate of Competency in Radiotelegraphy. Special
Class.:
(d) Certificate of Competency in Radiotelephony,
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Clerk Councils.
Citation.
Amendment of Second Schedule.
(Cwp. 106, wal, Dem.)
Amendment
of Third Schedule.
COUNCIL CHAMBER,
24th December 1968.
Explanatory Note.
(This Note is not part of the regulations, but is intended to indicate their general purport).
These regulations prescribe the fee for a restricted certificate of competency in radiotelephony. The existing forms of certificates of competency in radiotelegraphy and radiotelephony in the Third Schedule were prescribed by the Governor in Council. Provision is made in the regulations for the Telecommunications Authority to determine the form of certificates and accordingly these forms will in future be determined by the Authority. The existing forms are deleted.
(Secretariat GR L/M_A_240/68)