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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1986

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TECHNICAL ALTERATION TO ORDINANCE

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THE AIM OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND MUNICIPAL SERVICES (AMENDMENT) (NO. 3) BILL 1986 IS TO MAKE A TECHNICAL ALTERATION IN CONNECTION WITH THE DEFINITION OF +FOOD+, THE SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE, THE HON JOHN CHAMBERS, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

MOVING THE SECOND READING OF THE BILL, MR CHAMBERS SAID IT CONTAINED A SHORT AMENDMENT TO SECTION 2 OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND MUNICIPAL SERVICES (AMENDMENT) ORDINANCE 1986 TO MAKE MINOR TEXTUAL ALTERATIONS NECESSITATED BY THE ENACTMENT OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND MUNICIPAL SERVICES (AMENDMENT) (NO. 2) ORDINANCE 1986.

THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND MUNICIPAL SERVICES (AMENDMENT) ORDINANCE 1986 WAS ENACTED IN MAY THIS YEAR.

SECTION 1 PROVIDED THAT THE ORDINANCE SHOULD COME INTO FORCE ON JANUARY 1, 1987, AND SECTION 2 (B) WOULD THEN AMEND THE DEFINITION OF +FOOD+ IN SECTION 2 OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND MUNICIPAL SERVICES ORDINANCE.

+HOWEVER, SECTION 2 (A) OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND MUNICIPAL SERVICES (AMENDMENT) (NO. 2) ORDINANCE 1986, WHICH WAS ENACTED IN NOVEMBER THIS YEAR, INSERTED A NEW DEFINITION OF +FOOD+ IN SECTION 2 OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND MUNICIPAL SERVICES ORDINANCE,+ MR CHAMBERS SAID.

+THE TEXT OF THE NEW DEFINITION IS SUCH THAT THE TEXTUAL ALTERATION SPECIFIED IN SECTION 2 (B) OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND MUNICIPAL SERVICES (AMENDMENT) ORDINANCE 1986 IS NOW INAPPROPRIATE.+

THE NEW BILL WOULD DELETE AND REPLACE PARAGRAPH (B) OF SECTION 2 OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND MUNICIPAL SERVICES (AMENDMENT) ORDINANCE 1986. NO WORD WAS CHANGED, ONLY THE PARAGRAPH NUMBERING, HE ADDED.

DEBATE ON THE BILL WAS ADJOURNED.

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