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Rules

CONFIDENTIAL

Reference......

Ephemeral

NKK 340/ RECEIVED IN REGISTRY

Mr Hill, HKD

IND

HONG KONG:

1.

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3 DEC 1986

PICER'

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Aprone to the Fifest. Comments below welled his view also.

REGISTRY

ACH .: Taken

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3/12

BRITISH NATIONAL (OVERSEAS):

3/11

copied to Ho.

57613/1

REGULATIONS

I have only minor points to make, the first three in relation to the draft BN (HK) Regulations, the fourth to the Deprivation Rules. Otherwise I agree with Ms Veale's points.

(i)

Regulation 11.

Would it be helpful to insert "as appropriate" after "Governor" and before "in"?

(ii) Schedule 1, Part II, para 4 is somewhat clumsy and not entirely clear. I suggest

shall state that it is so made

and the name and address of the person making it.

(iii) Regulation 9(2) should be deleted. any associated states.

There are no longer

(iv) Requlation 4 of the second draft. There is a typographical error in para (5), "committe

30 October 1986

G Plant Legal Advisers

b. let.

CODE 18-77

AWO Ltd. 7/84

CC: Mr Fifoot, Legal Advisers

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