WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1989
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HE POINTED OUT THAT THE SUBSTANCE OF THE EXISTING LAW RELATING TO ADMIRALTY JURISDICTION WAS CONTAINED IN SECTIONS 20 TO
24 OF THE SUPREME COURT ACT 1981 AS EXTENDED TO HONG KONG BY THE ADMIRALTY JURISDICTION (HONG KONG) ORDER 1985.
**THIS BILL RE-ENACTS THOSE PROVISIONS WITH ONLY MINOR AMENDMENTS, MADE FOR THEIR BETTER APPLICATION TO HONG KONG.
"THERE IS THUS NO CHANGE IN THE SUBSTANCE OF THE EXISTING LAW.
"THE BILL REPEALS THE 1985 ORDER, AND OTHER UNITED KINGDOM ENACTMENTS CONCERNED WITH ADMIRALTY JURISDICTION INSOFAR AS THEY ARE PART OF OUR LAW.
"THE BILL ALSO REPEALS SECTION 54(3) OF THE SUPREME COURT ORDINANCE, REMOVING THE PRESENT REQUIREMENT FOR RULES OF PROCEDURE AND PRACTICE RELATING TO ADMIRALTY JURISDICTION MADE BY THE SUPREME COURT RULES COMMITTEE TO BE APPROVED BY HER MAJESTY IN COUNCIL BEFORE THEY CAN COME INTO OPERATION," HE SAID.
DEBATE ON THE BILL WAS ADJOURNED.
REVISED BILL TO FACILITATE FASTER PREPARATION OF LEGISLATION
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THE REVISED EDITION OF THE LAWS (AMENDMENT) BILL 1988 WAS INTENDED TO FACILITATE FASTER AND MORE ECONOMICAL PREPARATION OF LEGISLATION, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE HON JEREMY MATHEWS, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
MOVING THE SECOND READING OF THE REVISED EDITION OF THE BILL, MR MATHEWS EXPLAINED THAT SECTION 7(3) OF THE REVISED EDITION OF THE LAWS ORDINANCE 1965 REQUIRED THAT, AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH ORDINANCE, THERE SHOULD BE SET OUT IN THE MARGIN A LIST OF ALL ORDINANCES THAT HAD AMENDED IT SINCE IT WAS ENACTED.
"THE BILL. AMENDS THAT SECTION TO ENABLE THIS INFORMATION TO BE SET OUT AS A NOTE ACROSS THE PAGE RATHER THAN IN THE MARGIN, HE SAID.
HE SAID THAT THE REASONS FOR THE AMENDMENT WERE SIMILAR ΤΟ THOSE FOR AMENDING THE INTERPRETATION AND GENERAL CLAUSES ORDINANCE IN JUNE LAST YEAR.
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IN JUNE LAST YEAR, THE INTERPRETATION AND GENERAL CLAUSES ORDINANCE WAS AMENDED TO PERMIT A CHANGE IN THE FORMAT OF ORDINANCES AND REGULATIONS BY ELIMINATING NOTES FROM THE MARGIN AND REPOSITIONING MARGINAL NOTES AS SECTION HEADINGS," THE ATTORNEY GENERAL SAID.
DEBATE ON THE MOTION WAS ADJOURNED.
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