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in Council, in accordance with precedent, could, unless Parliamentary pressures proved irresistible, be subject only to negative procedure, ie subject to annulment. Some of these modifications of statutes on termination of sovereignty cannot be definitively settled now since they depend on the status of UK legislation in 1997.
(d) The point about privileges and immunities could be dealt with by a short clause to the effect that the members of the Sino-British Joint Liaison Group nominated by the Government of the People's Republic of China will enjoy the like privileges and immunities as are accorded to diplomatic agents by the Diplomatic Privileges Act
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Parliament will have been given an opportunity to debate the agreement in December: and it is hoped that there will not be any great difficulties in the Bill's passage through Parliament early in 1985. This issue is however a sensitive one and it is not possible to rule out some repetition of previous controversy, particularly on nationality It would be important to introduce the Bill as early as possible in the New Year.
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CONCLUSION
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It is therefore proposed that, as envisaged above, a short Bill should be prepared dealing with the termination of sovereignty and privileges and immunities and including enabling clauses on nationality and other matters.
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