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Traffic Accident Victims (Assistance Fund) (A) Bill 1997
Following is the speech by the acting Secretary for the Treasury, Mr Kevin Ho, in moving the second reading of the Traffic Accident Victims (Assistance Fund) (Amendment) Bill 1997 in the Legislative Council today (Wednesday):
Mr President,
I move that the Traffic Accident Victims (Assistance Fund) (Amendment) Bill 1997 be read the second time.
The Bill seeks to make consequential amendments to the Traffic Accident Victims (Assistance Fund) Ordinance to tie in with the implementation of the 1997-98 Budget proposal to issue driving licences with a validity period of ten years. The Bill is now introduced following Members' debate on the Budget. It seeks to allow for the collection of levy under the Traffic Accident Victims Assistance Fund Scheme in respect of the ten-year licences.
The main legislative amendments to provide for the issue of the ten-year licences are set out in the Road Traffic (Driving Licences) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulation 1997. The Amendment Regulation has been made by the Secretary for Transport. It was gazetted last week and is tabled in this Council today.
Mr President, with these remarks, I commend the Bill to Members.
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Merchant Shipping Bill 1997
Following is the speech by the Secretary for Economic Services, Mr Stephen Ip, in moving the second reading of the Merchant Shipping (Liability and Compensation for Oil Pollution) (Amendment) Bill 1997 in the Legislative Council today (Wednesday):
Mr Deputy President,
I move that the Merchant Shipping (Liability and Compensation for Oil Pollution) (Amendment) Bill 1997 be read a second time.