TNAG-0861-FCO40-1071-Legislation-for-shipping-and-port-control-in-Hong-Kong-1979 — Page 60

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A BILL

To

A NNEX TO XCR(79) 138

Amend the Shipping and Port Control Ordinance.

Enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the

advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof.

Short title.

1.

This Ordinance may be cited as the Shipping

and Port Control (Amendment) (No. 2) Ordinance 1979.

Amendment of section 2.

(76 of 1978.)

2.

Section 2 of the principal Ordinance is

amended in the definition of "authorized officer" by

deleting "Station" in paragraph (b).

Amendment of section 59.

3. Section 59(2) of the principal Ordinance is

amended by deleting "Station".

Explanatory Memorandum

This Bill extends various powers of enforcement

in the principal Ordinance to police officers of or above

the rank of Sergeant, by altering the definition of

"authorized officer" in section 2 of the Ordinance.

At present, these powers are vested in police officers

of or above the rank of Station Sergeant only.

The Bill has no financial or staffing

implications.

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