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Nuclear Material Bill; committee stage
Following is the speech by the acting Secretary for Economic Services, Mrs Elizabeth Bosher, at the committee stage of the Nuclear Material (Liability for Carriage) Bill, in the Legislative Council today (Wednesday):
Mr Chairman,
I move that the clauses specified be amended as set out in the paper circulated to Members.
The purpose of the Nuclear Material (Liability for Carriage) Bill is to replace, through the enactment of local legislation, the relevant provisions of the United Kingdom's Nuclear Installation Act 1965, as applied to Hong Kong by three Orders in Council made between 1972 and 1986.
The purpose of the proposed amendments to clauses 4 and 8(2) of the Chinese text of the Bill is to reflect better the meaning of the words "incurred" and "jettisoned" in the corresponding clauses of the English text of the Bill.
The proposed amendments to clause 16 of the Chinese text of the Bill are consequential to the authentication of the Chinese text of the Foreign Judgments (Restriction on Recognition and Enforcement) Ordinance which took place on 24 February 1995.
Mr Chairman, I beg to move.
End/Wednesday, June 14, 1995