He said:
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Speech by the Honourable the Chief Secretary
-Sir David Ford, KBE, LVO, JP
in the Legislative Council on 27 January 1988
Electoral Provisions (Amendment) Bill 1988
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move that the Electoral Provisions (Amendment) Bill 1988 be read a second time.
By removing a a restriction
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existing law, the Bill seeks to enable a person to serve both as an elected member of the Urban Council and as an elected member of a District Board in the Urban Council area. The restriction of dual membership to within the Urban Council area reflects, and is a logical extension of, the existing arrangements permitting dual membership .c. between the Regional Council and District Boards in the Regional Council area. The Bill also makes consequential amendments to the law to clarify the position of an Urban Councillor who is elected as a member of an urban District .c. Board: he will sit on the District Board as an elected member, but his ex-officio seat on the same or another
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Sir, the Bill
Bill stems from the Government's proposal that the existing practice, whereby Urban Councillors are ex-officio members of the urban District Boards, should cease in March 1989 when the tenure of the present Urban Council expires. That proposal was announced publicly about six weeks ago, before the opening of nominations for the District Board elections to be held
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