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CONFIDENTIAL

Entir

HKCK 340/1

36 Whitehall Lond A2Y NO. 51

4189

Office of the Parliamentary Counsel

Telephone Direct line of 273

Switchboard of 273 3000

J Pakenham-Walsh Esq Legal Advisers Branch

25 MAR 1981

DESK OFFICER

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PGD 1317

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(162

Home Office

Queen Anne's Gate

SW1A 2AP

Dear Pakenham-Walsh

19 March 1981

2nd Letter

BRITISH NATIONALITY BILL

see /163

After sending my earlier letter of today enclosing a draft clause

I discussed two aspects of subsection (5)(b) with Clift.

*(161)

First, he will consider whether the words "or on behalf of" can be

omitted on the footing that appointments by the Secretary of State

and by the Governor acting under the Royal Instructions are all

equally effected by the Crown. In other words the Secretary of

State and the Governor are alike in making such appointments for

the Crown.

Second, he mentioned that the councils he is concerned about have

ex officio as well as appointed members; and we agreed that it would

be better to say "members of which are appointed" rather than "whose

members are appointed" in order to avoid something to require all

members to be appointed.

Copy to Clift.

Yours sincerely

I

Min Bucks (Legal Advisen)

Taruld be grateful for your

vens

an this, of posible by score of play bday

I understand you

GEORGE ENGLE

lian.

Lave

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CONFIDENTIAL RD cuer ((K4D))

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