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HONG KONG

LEGAL REPORT

THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND URBAN SERVICES (AMENDMENT) ORDINANCE 1986

(No. 10 of 1986)

Enclosure No.

2

Consequent upon the setting up of the Regional Council and the re-alignment of the boundary between the urban areas (now called Urban Council area) and the New Territories (now called Regional Council area) it has been necessary to make amendments to the Public Health and Urban Services Ordinance. In order to emphasise the territory-wide application of the Ordinance, covering urban and rural areas, it has been decided to amend its title to the Public Health and Municipal Services Ordinance.

2. The Public Health and Urban Services (Amendment) Ordinance makes the necessary amendments together with other modifications and adaptations of existing laws.

3.

Amendments to a number of Ordinances consequent upon the change of title are made in the First Schedule. The Second Schedule contains amendments to subsidiary legislation made under the Public Health and Urban Services Ordinance. Subsidiary legislation which relates to the New Territories is amended so that it applies to the Regional Council area as by-laws of the Regional Council; subsidiary legislation which relates to the urban areas is amended so that it applies to the Urban Council area. The Third Schedule makes general amendments to legislation, instruments, notices, forms, contracts or legal proceedings consequent upon the change of title of the subsidiary legislation.

4. Before the Governor assented to the Bill in the name and on behalf of Her Majesty, the Attorney General advised that he could properly do so.

10 April 1986.

ATTORNEY GENERAL'S CHAMBERS,

HONG KONG.

Law Draftsman.