TNAG-1709-FCO40-2384-Hong-Kong-narcotics-offences-and-drug-trafficking-1988 — Page 265

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I am enclosing copies of each (except the last which will follow) for your information. They all came into operation April 1986, bringing UK domestic legislation into line with Convention requirements.

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4. It will be necessary now to examine the domestic legal, financial and administrative implications of applying the Convention to the territory which you administer. We should be grateful if you would set this in hand. It would be useful at this stage if you would let us have an initial reaction and comment on what will need to be done in your case and, if possible, a likely timescale for passing the necessary legislation.

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For Wellington:

We are looking at how the Convention can be extended to Pitcairn, bearing in mind correspondence last year between the Commissioner, South Pacific Department and Vienna about importation of certain drugs. We should welcome any comments you may have at this stage.

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J Poston

Narcotics Control and AIDS Unit

Distribution: Governors in Anguilla

Bermuda

British Virgin Islands

Cayman Islands

Falkland Islands

Gibraltar

Hong Kong

Montserrat

Pitcairn (c/o Wellington) St Helena

Turks and Caicos Islands

CC: UKMIS New York

UKMIS Vienna

HKD

SED

FID

SPD

Mr Aust, Legal Advisers

G Denvir Esq, Home Office

M Blythe Esq, HM Customs and Excise WIAD

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