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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1989
(C) A SECOND SPECIFIED OFFENCE IS COMMITTED IN RELATION TO THE PREMISES BY ANY PERSON WITHIN A 12-MONTH PERIOD AFTER THE GRACE PERIOD.
SECTION 153C GAVE A COURT THE DISCRETION TO ORDER THE FORFEITURE OF VESSELS IN RELATION TO WHICH THERE WERE TWO CONVICTIONS OF SPECIFIED OFFENCES.
SECTIONS 153D AND 153E DESCRIBED THE FORFEITURE PROCEDURË.
SECTION 153G PROVIDED FOR THE COURT TO SUSPEND A CLOSURE ORDER
FOR TWO YEARS.
DEBATE ON THE BILL WAS ADJOURNED.
REVISED REGISTRATION FEES FOR HOSPITALS PROPOSED
THE HOSPITALS. NURSING HOMES AND MATERNITY HOMES REGISTRATION (AMENDMENT) BILL 1989, WHICH SEEKS ΤΟ INCREASE THE FEES FOR THE REGISTRATION OF HOSPITALS. NURSING HOMES AND MATERNITY HOMES то ACHIEVE FULL-COST RECOVERY. WAS INTRODUCED INTO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
MOVING THE SECOND READING
OF THE BILL, THE SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE, THE HON T.H. CHAU. SAID TO REFLECT DIFFERENT COSTS INCURRED IN FIRST REGISTRATION AND SUBSEQUENT REGISTRATION. THE BILL PROPOSED TO REPLACE THE SINGLE EXISTING FEE OF $20 BY A FIRST REGISTRATION FEE OF $1.350 AND A SUBSEQUENT REGISTRATION FEE OF $90.
IT WAS ESTIMATED THAT THE PROPOSED INCREASES WOULD GENERATE ADDITIONAL REVENUE OF $4.100 PER ANNUM, HE SAID.
MR CHAU SAID THE OPPORTUNITY WAS ALSO TAKEN TO ENABLE FUTURE CHANGES IN FEES TO BE MADE BY RESOLUTION OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
GIVEN THE SMALL AMOUNT OF REVENUE INVOLVED AND THE LIMITED NUMBER OF INSTITUTIONS THAT WOULD BE AFFECTED, IT WAS PROPOSED NOT TO GO THROUGH THE FULL LEGISLATIVE PROCESS EACH TIME THE FEES WERE REVISED, HE POINTED OUT.
DEBATE ON THE BILL WAS ADJOURNED.
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