TNAG-1333-FCO40-1765-Future-of-Hong-Kong-legislation-1985 — Page 74

CONFIDENTIAL

DSR 11C

11. The United Kingdom will also need to be able to

make consequential amendments to the law of the

United Kingdom, e.g. to abolish the jurisdiction of the

Judicial Committee of the Privy Council to hear appeals

from the Courts of Hong Kong.

12. It is not possible within the time available to

establish exactly what repeals or amendments will need

to be made in either of these ways to the law of Hong Kong

or to the law of the United Kingdom. The Bill should

therefore give the widest possible power to make Orders in

( subject only to annulment procedures in Parkament Council/which would

(a) repeal or amend any Act, order, rule or

regulation in so far as it is part of the law

of Hong Kong; or

(b) repeal or amend any Act, order, rule or

regulation in so far as it is a part of the law

in relation

es/to Hong

of the United Kingdom which applies to

(c)

Kong;

or

legislature

enable the Government of Hong Kong to act as

in (a) above; or

legislature

(d) enable the Hong Kong Government to legislate with

extra-territorial effect.

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