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(b) The FCO will consult the Home Office whether it
is prepared to accept the person to be removed into custody in a prison in the UK.
(c)
If the Home Office is prepared to accept the person to be removed, the FCO inform the Secretary for Security, HKG, of the provisional acceptability of the removal.
After the initiation step, procedures would be taken as follows
(a)
(b)
(c)
(a)
The Secretary for Security will arrange to seek the advice of the Executive Council as to the acceptability of removing the person concerned to serve the remainder of his prison sentence in the United Kingdom.
If the Executive Council advises that the removal is acceptable, the Secretary for Security will inform the Foreign and Commonwealth Office by telegram and the latter will arrange for a Removal Order, signed by the Secretary of State, to be forwarded to the Secretary for Security, Hong Kong.
The Secretary for Security will arrange for the Removal Order to be presented to the Governor who will decide whether or not he concurs with the removal of the person concerned.
The Secretary for Security will inform the Foreign and Commonwealth Office by telegram whether or not the Governor has concurred in the removal of the prisoner.
(e) If the Governor concurs in the removal the
relevant Secretary of State will sign a Warrant of Reception in order to enable the prisoner to be received into the custody of the United Kingdom authorites.
The Secretary for
Security, Hong Kong Government, should be informed by telegram when the Warrant has been signed.
(£) If the Governor concurs with the Removal Order
he will sign a Notification of Concurrence in duplicate. One copy will be forwarded to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and one copy retained in Hong Kong.
(g) The Governor will sign a Removal Warrant which
will enable the prisoner to be removed to the United Kingdom. The Removal Warrant will at all times remain in the hands of those who have charge of the prisoner.
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