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Lands Tribunal (Amendment) Bill

Rehabilitation of

Offenders (Amendment) Bill

Mentally Abnormal Offenders - Insanity and Unfitness to

Plead

Travel Agents (Amendment) Bill

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill

Planning,

Environment and

Lands

To empower the Lands Tribunal to have Secretary for jurisdiction over "notices of termination" issued by landowners in accordance with the provisions in the Landlord and Tenant (Consolidation) Ordinance. The Bill seeks to ensure that the Lands Tribunal would have proper jurisdiction coverage over matters relating to tenancy agreements.

To expand the scope of the

rehabilitation scheme so that more people can benefit from the Scheme. With the improved scheme, more people can return to the society and turn a new leaf.

To enable the courts, in dealing with defendants who are found unfit to plead, to have the discretion in addition to indefinite detention, to dispose of the accused, either under a hospital order, a guardianship order, a supervision and treatment order or an order for absolute discharge. The Bill seeks to safeguard the right of those defendants who are found mentally unfit to plead.

To transfer the various regulation making powers relating to the licensing of travel agents from the Governor in Council to the Secretary for Trade and Industry. The Bill seeks to streamline some existing routine legislative procedures.

To strengthen legislative provisions relating to drink driving, and to make a number of minor amendments to the Ordinance on matters such as the

auctioning of vehicle registration

numbers and the powers of traffic wardens.

Secretary for Security

Secretary for Security

Secretary for Trade and Industry

Secretary for Transport