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It is the community's wish to deter adults from exploiting young persons in the commission of drug offences. The Bill is a step in the right direction to meet the public's expectation.
Thank you, Mr President.
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Electricity (Amendment) Bill 1996
Following is the speech by the Secretary for Economic Services, Mr Stephen Ip, in resuming the second reading of the Electricity (Amendment) Bill 1996 in the Legislative Council today (Wednesday):
Mr President,
I am most grateful to the Bills Committee chaired by Mrs Selina Chow for its detailed and thoughtful consideration of the Electricity (Amendment) Bill 1996 and the proposed Electrical Products (Safety) Regulation.
Though no Committee Stage Amendments are to be moved, I have, as mentioned by Mrs Chow, been requested by the Bills Committee to give certain assurances on points concerning the operation of clauses 2 and 4 of the Bill.
Clause 2 of the Bill defines the word "supply" in relation to a household electrical product in terms intended to include all of the commercial means through which a product may reach consumers, including "exhibit for sale or for hiring out".
I confirm, for the avoidance of doubt, that clause 2 is not intended to apply to the bringing into Hong Kong for an exhibition, or the exhibition, of a household electrical product that is not for sale or for hiring out in Hong Kong. I also confirm that the definition of "supply" in clause 2 is not intended to apply to the repair or maintenance of household electrical products.
Clause 4 of the Bill provides for the Director of Electrical and Mechanical Services to prohibit the supply of an unsafe electrical product and to seize such a product if it is supplied after three days have elapsed from the date on which the Director has published in the Gazette a notice prohibiting its supply.
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