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WEDNESDAY, MAY 18, 1988
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BILL SEEKS TO REMOVE ANOMALY
TO
THE GUARDIANSHIP OF MINORS (AMENDMENT) BILL 1988 BERKS REMOVE AN ANOMALY IN THE LAW BY REPEALING SECTION 22 OF THE ORDINANCE, LEGISLATIVE THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE HON JEREMY MATHEWS, SAID IN THE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
MOVING THE SECOND READING OF THE BILL, MR MATHEWS SAID SECTION 22 OF THE GUARDIANSHIP OF MINORS ORDINANCE EXCLUDED THE JURISDICTION OF THE DISTRICT COURT IN RELATION TO
OVER 18 YEARS, UNLESS THE MINOR WAS PHYSICALLY OR MENTALLY INCAPABLE OF SBLF SUPPORT.
MINORS
IN THE GUARDIANSHIP OF
THE RESTRICTION ON THE DISTRICT COURT'S POWER HAD BEEN ORDINANCE FROM THE OUTSET AND HAD ITS ORIGINS IN THE MINORS ACT 1971 OF THE UNITED KINGDOM.
"THIS RESTRICTION WAS, HOWEVER,
ABOLISHED IN THE UNITED
KINGDOM IN 1978," MR MATHEWS SAID.
"THE RESTRICTION IS ANOMALOUS AS THE DISTRICT COURT 18 EMPOWERED TO DEAL WITH ALL MINORS UNDER BOTH THE MATRIMONIAL CAUSES ORDINANCE AND THE MATRIMONIAL PROCEEDINGS AND PROPERTY ORDINANCE.
"THE BILL BEFORE THE COUNCIL TODAY SEEKS TO REMOVE THIS ANOMALY BY REPEALING SECTION 22 OF THE ORDINANCE," HE ADDED.
DEBATE ON THE BILL WAS ADJOURNED.
SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISION OF $549.9 M IN 3RD QUARTER
APPROVED ESTIMATES
YEAR 1987-8B
OF
WAS
ΤΟ THE A SUMMARY OF ALL CHANGES MADE EXPENDITURE FOR THE THIRD QUARTER OF THE FINANCIAL TABLED IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
THE FINANCIAL
SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISION OF
SECRETARY, THE HON
MILLION $549.9
PIERS JACOBS,
WAS APPROVED,
SAME OR THE
SAID THAT OF WHICH OTHER ADDITIONAL
$231.7 MILLION WAS OFFSET EITHER BY SAVINGS UNDER THE OF FUNDS UNDER HEADS OF EXPENDITURE OR BY DELETION COMMITMENTS SUBHEADS.
/THE BALANCE