WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 19,
1994
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BILL TO EFFECT LOCALISATION OF CIVIL AVIATION LAW
A BILL THAT MARKS AN IMPORTANT FIRST STEP IN THE LOCALISATION OF CIVIL AVIATION LEGISLATION WAS INTRODUCED LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
PROCESS OF INTO THE
CIVIL TO DATE, THE LEGISLATIVE FRAMEWORK FOR THE REGULATION OF
GOVERNED BY UK AVIATION IN HONG KONG HAS, FOR THE MOST PART, BEEN ENACTMENTS APPLIED TO HONG KONG.
30, 1997,
AVIATION LAWS
AS UK ENACTMENTS CANNOT REMAIN IN FORCE AFTER JUNE THEY MUST BE REPLACED BY A COMPREHENSIVE SET OF CIVIL ENACTED IN HONG KONG.
AVIATION
"THE ENACTMENT OF A COMPREHENSIVE BODY OF LOCAL CIVIL LEGISLATION IS CRUCIAL TO ENSURING THAT HONG KONG MAINTAINS ITS STATUS AS A CENTRE OF INTERNATIONAL AND REGIONAL AVIATION.
"THE
OBJECTIVE,
PROPOSED BILL IS THE FIRST STEP TOWARDS THAT THE SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC SERVICES, MR GORDON SIU, SAID WHEN THE SECOND READING OF THE CIVIL AVIATION BILL IN LEGCO.
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MOVING
MR SIU SAID THE PURPOSE OF THE BILL WAS TO REPLACE, THROUGH THE ENACTMENT OF LOCAL LEGISLATION, A NUMBER OF PROVISIONS COVERING CIVIL AVIATION MANAGEMENT AND AIR TRANSPORT REGULATIONS WHICH WERE CURRENTLY
KONG BY THE UK CIVIL AVIATION APPLIED TO HONG TERRITORIES) ORDER 1969.
DAY-TO-DAY
ACT 1949
(OVERSEAS
OPERATION
PROVISIONS IN OF CIVIL
HE SAID THE BILL REPLACED A NUMBER OF TECHNICAL
ΤΟ UK ORDER
THE RELATING AVIATION MANAGEMENT.
THE
MODIFICATIONS
TO
THE UK LAW HAVE BEEN MADE
WHERE CONSIDERED
NECESSARY TO SUIT HONG KONG'S PARTICULAR CIRCUMSTANCES, HE ADDED.
DEBATE ON THE BILL WAS ADJOURNED.
HELP PROPOSED FOR RELEASED ADULT PRISONERS
*
TO
REINTEGRATE
THE
DISCHARGED ADULT PRISONERS WILL BE ENCOURAGED INTO SOCIETY AS LAW-ABIDING CITIZENS UNDER A BILL INTRODUCED INTO LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
STATUTORY POST-
OF
THE BILL PROPOSES TO SET UP AN INDEPENDENT, RELEASE SUPERVISION BOARD, CHAIRED BY A JUDGE, OR A FORMER JUDGE, THE HIGH COURT OR DISTRICT COURT, TO ADMINISTER THE SCHEME.
SUPERVISION OF
MOVING THE SECOND READING OF THE POST-RELEASE PRISONERS BILL, THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, MR ALISTAIR ASPREY, THE BOARD WOULD EXAMINE THE CASE OF EACH PRISONER FALLING SCOPE OF THE SCHEME.
SAID
UNDER THE
/IT WILL
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