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THE BILL

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1989

MR CHAU

SAID THAT AFTER

HAD

BEEN ENACTED, IMPORTED MEAT AND POULTRY REGULATIONS WOULD BE AMENDED TO PROVIDE THE PROPOSED STATUTORY CONTROL OVER THE IMPORTATION OF GAME.

THE URBAN COUNCIL, THE REGIONAL COUNCIL AND REPRESENTATIVES THE TRADE HAD ENDORSED THESE PROPOSALS, HE ADDED.

DEBATE ON THE BILL WAS ADJOURNED.

THE

FOR

OF

BILL PROVIDES FOR CONTINUITY IN HEARING PHARMACY APPEALS

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THE PHARMACY AND POISONS (AMENDMENT) BILL 1989, WHICH RELATES TO THE OPERATION OF THE PHARMACY AND POISONS APPEAL TRIBUNAL, WAS INTRODUCED INTO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

MOVING THE SECOND READING

T.H.

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HEALTH AND WELFARE, THE HON TRIBUNAL WAS SET UP UNDER SECTION ORDINANCE.

OF THE BILL, THE SECRETARY FOR CHAU, EXPLAINED THAT THE APPEAL OF THE PHARMACY AND POISONS

PURPOSE THE TRIBUNAL'S

WAS то HEAR AND DETERMINE APPEALS AGAINST A DECISION OR DIRECTION OF THE PHARMACY AND POISONS ITS COMMITTEES,

BOARD OR

THROUGHOUT

THE ORDINANCE ALSO REQUIRED THAT THE CHAIRMAN AND NOT LESS THAN TWO OTHER MEMBERS OF THE TRIBUNAL SHOULD SIT TOGETHER THE HEARING AND DETERMINATION OF AN APPEAL.

"THERE IS, HOWEVER, NO PROVISION UNDER THE

WITH A SITUATION IN WHICH TRIBUNAL EXPIRES BEFORE CONCLUDED, MR CHAU SAID.

THE TERM OF OFFICE THE HEARING OF AN

то ORDINANCE

DEAL OF MEMBERS OF THE APPEAL HAS BEEN

"IN SUCH A SITUATION, THE APPEAL WILL HAVE TO BE

BY THE INCOMING MEMBERS.

HEARD AFRESH

"IT IS CLEARLY UNREASONABLE THAT AN APPELLANT BE REQUIRED, AT BECAUSE HIS OWN COST, TO RE-PRESENT HIS CASE TO A NEW TRIBUNAL SIMPLY THE LEGAL CAPACITY OF THE FORMER

TO HEAR THE APPEAL HAS

EXPIRED."

TRIBUNAL

A

MR CHAU SAID CLAUSE 2 OF THE BILL THEREFORE SOUGHT TO ENABLE

ΤΟ ACT MEMBER WHO HAD RESIGNED OR WHOSE TERM HAD EXPIRED TO CONTINUE AS A MEMBER TO THE EXTENT NECESSARY FOR HEARING AN OUTSTANDING TO ITS CONCLUSION.

APPEAL

/A SIMILAR