WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 1990
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BILL SETS FEE FOR BILINGUAL PRIVATE BILLS
COUNCIL TODAY
THE PRIVATE BILLS BILL 1990, WHICH SETS A FEE FOR BILINGUAL PRIVATE BILLS, WAS INTRODUCED INTO THE LEGISLATIVE (WEDNESDAY).
MOVING THE SECOND READING OF THE BILL, THE THE HON SIR DAVID FORD, SAID THE EXISTING PRIVATE PROVIDED FOR THE PAYMENT OF A FEE BY THE PROMOTER OF FOR PRESENTING SUCH A BILL TO THE COUNCIL.
CHIEF SECRETARY, BILLS ORDINANCE A PRIVATE BILL
"THE PURPOSE OF THE FEE IS TO COVER THE COSTS WORK FOR PROCESSING A PRIVATE BILL, IN PARTICULAR THE THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S CHAMBERS IN VETTING
WHERE
REVISING A BILL.
HE SAID.
AND
TO GOVERNMENT
UNDERTAKEN BY NECESSARY,
"THE CURRENT FEE, WHICH WAS LAST REVISED IN 1984, IS
IN
$25,000,
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SIR DAVID EXPLAINED THAT FOLLOWING THE AMENDMENT TO SECTION 4 OF THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGES ORDINANCE, WHICH CAME INTO EFFECT ON APRIL
ALL ORDINANCES, 7 LAST YEAR,
EXCEPT THOSE WHICH WERE URGENT OR IN BOTH AMENDED EXISTING ORDINANCES, HAD TO BE ENACTED AND PUBLISHED OFFICIAL LANGUAGES.
"IT NECESSARILY TAKES MORE TIME TO VET A BILINGUAL BILL THAN BILL DRAFTED IN ONLY ONE OF THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGES.
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"THE PRIVATE BILLS BILL 1990 NOW BEFORE THE COUNCIL PROVIDES THAT THE FEE CHARGEABLE FOR A PRIVATE BILL DRAFTED IN BOTH OFFICIAL LANGUAGES BE TWICE THAT FOR
BILL DRAFTED IN ONE LANGUAGE I.E. $50,000.
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"THE FEE FOR PRIVATE BILLS SUBMITTED IN ONLY OFFICIAL LANGUAGES WILL CONTINUE TO BE $25,000," HE SAID.
ONE OF THE
PROVIDE FOR
CONTINUE SIR DAVID ADDED THAT THE BILL WOULD
TO THE WAIVER OF FEES FOR PRIVATE BILLS FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES.
DEBATE ON THE BILL WAS ADJOURNED.
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