TNAG-1700-FCO40-2372-Hong-Kong-legal-practitioners-and-judiciary-Magistrates-(Am-1987 — Page 8

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1987

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YOUR TELNO 639 : LOCALISATION OF LEGISLATION ON CIVIL SERVICE

MATTERS.

GRATEFUL IF IN LOOKING AT THE APPLICATION OF THE SUPERANNUATION ACT, 1892, ODA COULD ALSO CONSIDER THE CONTINUED NEED FOR THE REVENUES OF HONG KONG ORDER, 1895, IN TERMS OF WHICH SUCH REVENUES ARE A PUBLIC FUND WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECTION IV OF THE

SUPERANNUATION ACT, 1892.

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YOUR LETTER (SHIPLEY/LEEKS) OF 27 JANUARY: LOCALISATION OF

LEGISLATION ON CIVIL SERVICE MATTERS

1.

LUR SEEKS HKD AND ODA VIEWS ON LOCALISATION IN HONG KONG

LEGISLATION OF UK PENSIONS LEGISLATION AND RELEVANT ARTICLES OF

THE LETTERS PATENT. WE ARE CONSULTING ODA ON PARA 2 OF LUR

SEPARATELY AND HAVE MEANWHILE CONSULTED LEGAL ADVISERS ON PARA 3

OF LUR.

2.

LEGAL ADVISERS' VIEW, WHICH WE SHARE, IS THAT WHILE

LOCALISATION OF THESE PROVISIONS IS A LOGICAL AND NECESSARY STEP

IN THE RUN-UP TO 1997, WE SHALL NEED TO CONSIDER FULLY, AND TO

CONSULT MINISTERS, ON THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE REMOVAL OF THE

SECRETARY OF STATE'S POWERS IN RELATION TO PUBLIC SERVANTS AND

THEIR REPLACEMENT IN HONG KONG LAW. WE SHALL OF COURSE ALSO NEED

TO CONSIDER ANY PROPOSED LOCAL LEGISLATION IN THE CONTEXT OF THE

RELEVANT SECTIONS OF ANNEX I TO THE JOINT DECLARATION, AND TO

TAKE ACCOUNT OF THESE PROPOSALS VIS A VIS THE PROVISIONS OF

COLONIAL REGULATIONS AS THEY APPLY TO HONG KONG.

3.

IT WOULD THEREFORE BE HELPFUL TO HAVE YOUR PROPOSALS FOR

LOCAL LEGISLATION IN MORE DETAIL.

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