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effect.

There is the added safeguard that any order made under this section of the Schedule requires the positive approval of the

House.

B

C

4.

Parliamentary Counsel wishes to have the Bill printed next week. He will need authority to go ahead by the morning of Monday

17 December. An explanatory memorandum must be published with it: I

now submit a draft; which has been prepared in consultation with the

Department's legal counsellor. For purposes of comparison I attach

the explanatory and financial memorandum covering the Trades Union

Bill. The Hong Kong Bill has neither financial effect nor effect on

public service manpower, and the memorandum can therefore be more

restricted in its scope.

14 December 1984

A C Galsworthy

Hong Kong Department

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