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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1989
BILL A FIRST STEP IN LOCALISATION OF LAWS PROGRAMME
COURT THE SUPREME
(AMENDMENT} BILL 1988 IS A FIRST STEP ATTORNEY GENERAL, FORWARD IN THE LOCALISATION OF LAWS PROGRAMME, THE THE HON JEREMY MATHEWS, SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
MR MOVING THE SECOND READING OF THE BILL,
MATHEWS SAID THIS BILL MARKED THE START OF A PROGRAMME OF LEGISLATION AIMED AT
ORDINANCES REPLACING WITH HONG KONG
THE EXTENSIVE BODY OF
OF UNITED KINGDOM ENACTMENTS WHICH APPLIED TO HONG KONG AND WERE CONSEQUENTLY PART OF OUR LAW.
HE SAID THAT MUCH OF THE PRESENT LAW RELATING TO MERCHANT
COPYRIGHT AND SHIPPING, CIVIL AVIATION,
PATENTS WAS CONTAINED IN UNITED KINGDOM ENACTMENTS APPLYING TO HONG KONG.
"THESE UNITED KINGDOM ENACTMENTS CANNOT REMAIN PART OF OUR AFTER 1997 AS THIS WOULD BE INCONSISTENT WITH THE STATUS OF HONG AS A SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC AND WITH THE JOINT DECLARATION.
LAW
KONG
OF
CHINA
"STEPS MUST THEREFORE BE TAKEN NEED TO CONTINUE BEYOND 1997 WITH OUR SAID.
ΤΟ OWN
LEGISLATION,
COURT
( AMENDMENT)
REPLACE THOSE WHICH WILL MR MATHEWS
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL SAID THE SUPREME 1988 WAS A SMALL BUT USEFUL BILL THAT STARTED THE FORMIDABLE LAW REPLACEMENT.
BILL TASK OF
MR MATHEWS SAID THE JURISDICTION OF THE HIGH COURT IN RELATION TO ADMIRALTY MATTERS WAS AT PRESENT CONTAINED IN CERTAIN UNITED KINGDOM ENACTMENTS WHICH APPLIED OR HAD BEEN EXTENDED TO HONG KONG.
FOR IT
"THIS JURISDICTION IS OF VITAL IMPORTANCE TO HONG KONG
FOR RECOGNISES AND COMPLEMENTS HONG KONG'S POSITION AS A MAJOR CENTRE
AND SHIP MANAGEMENT AND AS SHIPPING, SHIP-OWNING
A FORUM WHERE
BE RESOLVED SHIPPING DISPUTES CAN
THROUGH OUR
USING COURTS,
THE
SERVICES OF HIGHLY EXPERIENCED
AND LAWYERS SPECIALISING IN MARITIME LAW.
JUDGES
"CLEARLY, THE HIGH COURT'S JURISDICTION OVER MARITIME DISPUTES MUST CONTINUE BEYOND 1997.
**THE PURPOSE OF THIS BILL IS TO AMEND THE SUPREME COURT ORDINANCE SO THAT THE CIVIL JURISDICTION OF THE HIGH COURT IN RELATION TO ADMIRALTY MATTERS IS SPECIFIED IN THAT ORDINANCE AND TO
OF OUR REPEAL, SO FAR AS THEY ARE PART
ENACTMENTS FROM WHICH THE
LAW, THOSE UNITED KINGDOM
HIGH COURT'S PRESENT ADMIRALTY JURISDICTION IS DERIVED, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL EXPLAINED.
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/HE POINTED
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