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Control of Chemicals (Amendment) Bill
Following is the speech by the Secretary for Trade and Industry, Miss Denise Yue, in moving the second reading of the Control of Chemicals (Amendment) Bill 1996 in the Legislative Council today (Wednesday):
Mr President,
I move that the Control of Chemicals (Amendment) Bill 1996 be read a second time.
The purpose of this Bill is to delete the reference to "vehicle" from the definition of "a controlled chemical in transit" in Section 2(3) (b)(i) of the Control of Chemicals Ordinance. The Ordinance makes it unlawful, among other things, for a person to import or export any controlled chemical without a licence. Chemicals in transit are exempted from the controls under the Ordinance. The reason for the proposed amendment is identical to that which I have explained to this Council earlier in moving the second reading of the Trade Descriptions (Amendment) Bill 1996.
Mr President, I move that the debate on this motion be now adjourned.
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Reserved Commodities (Amendment) Bill
Following is the speech by the Secretary for Trade and Industry, Miss Denise Yue, in moving the second reading of the Reserved Commodities (Amendment) Bill 1996 in the Legislative Council today (Wednesday):
Mr President,
I move that the Reserved Commodities (Amendment) Bill 1996 be read a second time.