TNAG-0753-FCO40-957-Future-of-Hong-Kong-1978 — Page 34

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DRAFT (17 NOVEMBER 1978)

Whereas the Governor of the Colony of Hong Kong has from time

to time granted leases of Crown land in the Colony for various

terms, including leases of land in the New Territories for

terms expiring in June 1997:)

And whereas it is expedient to authorize the Governor

to grant indeterminate leases of land in any part of the

Colony, including land in the New Territories (that is to say,

leases that will not determine solely by reason of the

expiration of a particular period of time or the occurrence of any particular date, whether in June 1997 or thereafter,]

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but will be of indefinite duration and thus not cease to be

- passing? in force by reason only of the mere effluxion of time) and

to convert existing leases into indeterminate leases:

Now, therefore, Her Majesty, by virtue and in exercise

of the powers in that behalf in Her Majesty vested, is

pleased, by and with the advice of the Privy Council, to

order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:

Citation and interpretation:

1 (1) This Order may be cited as the Hong Kong (Indeterminate

Leases) Order 1979

(2) The Interpretation Act 1978 shall apply, with the

necessary adaptations, for the purpose of interpreting this

Order and otherwise in relation there to as it applies for the

purpose of interpreting and in relation to Acts of Parliament.

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