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Colonial Divorce Jurisdiction Acts 1926 and 1940 and the

Whaling Industry (Regulation) Act 1936. There are many

more, all of which need to be studied carefully to see how

they should be amended.

There will be a very large number of such amendments during

the next 12 years. Even if

if as many as possible

as possible were to be

grouped together in Orders in Council they would

create a

substantial amount of work for Parliament under positive

resolution procedures.

The Government is therefore

the most

convinced that negative resolution procedures are

suitable in the case of this paragraph. If your Lordships.

wish to debate Orders under such procedures it is possible

to do so.

I hope the Committee will accept this paragraph as

drafted.

[IF IT IS SUGGESTED THAT WE

SHOULD HAVE INCLUDED THE

NECESSARY CHANGES IN THE SCHEDULE TO THE BILL]

This was not possible for very practical reasons. In many

cases the need for

clear in the course

legislative amendments will only become

of the next twelve years as we seek to institutions increasingly

make Hong Kong's law and

ti me

self-sufficient.

In the

ratification date it would not

available before the

have been practicable to

survey the entire corpus of UK legislation as it affects Hong Kong and to list the changes necessary. The list will

be long.

Many of the changes will be technical, but since

Orders made under this section will be subject to

negative

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