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WEDNESDAY, JULY 25, 1990

HAS A

**THE PROBLEM DOESN'T ARISE, I SHOULD SAY, IN TERMS OF THE REGIONAL

APPEALS BOARD BECAUSE THE REGIONAL COUNCIL SERVICES

11 HE SAID. DIFFERENT COMMITTEE STRUCTURE FROM THE URBAN COUNCIL,

SIR DAVID ALSO REFERRED TO MRS FAN'S POINT THAT THERE ΤΟ BE NO STANDARD PRACTICE IN REGARD TO THE CONSTITUTIONS OF STATUTORY APPEALS BODIES IN HONG KONG.

APPEARED

VARIOUS

"WE FIND IT IS DIFFICULT TO ADOPT A STANDARD PRACTICE OF THE VARIED NATURE OF THE BOARDS.

BECAUSE

"SOME OF THEM ARE CONCERNED WITH JUDICIAL APPEALS AND WITH ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS AND EACH HAS TO BE LOOKED AT IN THE OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING THE APPEALS BOARDS.

WHEN SAID.

OTHERS LIGHT

"BUT WE WILL CERTAINLY BEAR IN MIND THE AD HOC GROUP'S VIEWS BODIES," HE CONSIDERING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF ANY FUTURE APPEAL

SIR DAVID ADDED THAT AT THE COMMITTEE STAGE HE WOULD ALSO MOVE ONE AMENDMENT TO REMOVE A LOOPHOLE WHICH HAD BEEN DETECTED IN CLAUSE 5

HE SHOULD AND

TO ALSO BE MAKING SOME AMENDMENTS PRACTICAL WORKING OF THE APPEALS BOARDS.

IMPROVE THE

PROVISIONS FOR BRITISH CITIZENSHIP SCHEME INTRODUCED

THE BRITISH NATIONALITY (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) (AMENDMENT) BILL 1990 WILL INTRODUCE TWO NEW PROVISIONS WHICH ARE NEEDED FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE BRITISH CITIZENSHIP SCHEME, THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, THE HON ALISTAIR ASPREY, SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

MOVING THE SECOND READING OF THE BILL, MR ASPREY SAID THE GOVERNMENT NEEDED TO HAVE THE LEGISLATION IN PLACE BEFORE INVITING APPLICATIONS UNDER THE BRITISH CITIZENSHIP SCHEME.

"FIRST, CLAUSE 4 WILL MAKE IT AN OFFENCE FOR A PERSON TO MAKE A FALSE STATEMENT WHEN APPLYING FOR BRITISH CITIZENSHIP UNDER THE SCHEME.

"THE OFFENCE WILL CARRY A MAXIMUM PENALTY OF A FINE OF $16,000 AND IMPRISONMENT FOR THREE MONTHS, HE SAID.

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"THIS IS IN LINE WITH OUR EXISTING LAW WHEREBY IT OFFENCE TO MAKE A FALSE STATEMENT IN ANY APPLICATION BRITISH NATIONALITY ACT 1981," MR ASPREY ADDED.

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