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THE BILL
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1989
MR CHAU
SAID THAT AFTER
HAD
BEEN ENACTED, IMPORTED MEAT AND POULTRY REGULATIONS WOULD BE AMENDED TO PROVIDE THE PROPOSED STATUTORY CONTROL OVER THE IMPORTATION OF GAME.
THE URBAN COUNCIL, THE REGIONAL COUNCIL AND REPRESENTATIVES THE TRADE HAD ENDORSED THESE PROPOSALS, HE ADDED.
DEBATE ON THE BILL WAS ADJOURNED.
THE
FOR
OF
BILL PROVIDES FOR CONTINUITY IN HEARING PHARMACY APPEALS
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THE PHARMACY AND POISONS (AMENDMENT) BILL 1989, WHICH RELATES TO THE OPERATION OF THE PHARMACY AND POISONS APPEAL TRIBUNAL, WAS INTRODUCED INTO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
MOVING THE SECOND READING
T.H.
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HEALTH AND WELFARE, THE HON TRIBUNAL WAS SET UP UNDER SECTION ORDINANCE.
OF THE BILL, THE SECRETARY FOR CHAU, EXPLAINED THAT THE APPEAL OF THE PHARMACY AND POISONS
PURPOSE THE TRIBUNAL'S
WAS то HEAR AND DETERMINE APPEALS AGAINST A DECISION OR DIRECTION OF THE PHARMACY AND POISONS ITS COMMITTEES,
BOARD OR
THROUGHOUT
THE ORDINANCE ALSO REQUIRED THAT THE CHAIRMAN AND NOT LESS THAN TWO OTHER MEMBERS OF THE TRIBUNAL SHOULD SIT TOGETHER THE HEARING AND DETERMINATION OF AN APPEAL.
"THERE IS, HOWEVER, NO PROVISION UNDER THE
WITH A SITUATION IN WHICH TRIBUNAL EXPIRES BEFORE CONCLUDED, MR CHAU SAID.
THE TERM OF OFFICE THE HEARING OF AN
то ORDINANCE
DEAL OF MEMBERS OF THE APPEAL HAS BEEN
"IN SUCH A SITUATION, THE APPEAL WILL HAVE TO BE
BY THE INCOMING MEMBERS.
HEARD AFRESH
"IT IS CLEARLY UNREASONABLE THAT AN APPELLANT BE REQUIRED, AT BECAUSE HIS OWN COST, TO RE-PRESENT HIS CASE TO A NEW TRIBUNAL SIMPLY THE LEGAL CAPACITY OF THE FORMER
TO HEAR THE APPEAL HAS
EXPIRED."
TRIBUNAL
A
MR CHAU SAID CLAUSE 2 OF THE BILL THEREFORE SOUGHT TO ENABLE
ΤΟ ACT MEMBER WHO HAD RESIGNED OR WHOSE TERM HAD EXPIRED TO CONTINUE AS A MEMBER TO THE EXTENT NECESSARY FOR HEARING AN OUTSTANDING TO ITS CONCLUSION.
APPEAL
/A SIMILAR