TNAG-1333-FCO40-1765-Future-of-Hong-Kong-legislation-1985 — Page 67

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Mr Powell, HKD

HONG KONG LEGISLATION:

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DRAFT INSTRUCTIONS TO PARLIAMENTARY COUNSEL

I mentioned to you this morning a point concerning paragraph 3 of my first draft of the instructions. I suggest that we should add at the end of this paragraph (referring to the termination of UK sovereignty) the following:-

"Since however the Joint Declaration will only enter into force if and when ratifications are exchanged (on a date before 30 June 1985 which has yet to be agreed), this provision in the Bill should only enter into force on the date, to be notified in the Gazette, on which the Joint Declaration enters into force."

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6 November 1985

Copy to:

Mr Darwin, LA

Mr Hum, HKD

F Burrows

Legal Counsellor

CONFIDENTIAL

HKK 040/53

RECEIVED IN REGISTRY

0 9 NOV 1984

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