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was a good case for equating the quality of his work
(Mr Fearn invited Mr Scott to set
years. There
with that of DS senior grade.
a
out his views in writing)
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Drugs
9.
or
as
Mr Waterworth introduced the discussion on drugs legislation. He expressed the hope that all territories would have Misuse of Drugs and Drug Trafficking legislation in place by the end of
January,
The aim was that al1 as possible thereafter. soon
the DTS would be covered by a combined Order-in-Council. Mr Turner
pointed out that in Montserrat's
case there might be some difficulty
in meeting this timetable, but he was confident that legislation.
could be in place by mid 1989. Mr Herdman said legislation should
be completed in BVI by the end of March. Mr Scott intended that Caymans should amend its legislation in February.
10. Mr Penfold
to
Mr Penfold introduced the paper on the pooling of fixed assets. The
paper advocated the pooling of 10% of seized assets, in order to
create a regional fund, held in account with the Crown Agents,
pay for anti-drug measures. UK legislation prevented HMG from being a contributory partner in such an enterprise, but the Prime Minister
had expressed her personal support for such projects.
11.
fund.
All Governors agreed with the principle of establishing such a
During the discussion, the following points were raised:
a) Sir Desmond Langley suggested that for geographical reasons, it
might prove impracticable to include Bermuda in this scheme.
b) Mr Bradley asked how many of the DTs would need to participate in
the scheme, to make it feasible. He expressed some doubts about a
project which set itself specific objectives on the basis of
uncertain levels of funding.
c) Mr Turner drew attention to the presentational difficulties in
the case of Montserrat. It might prove difficult to persuade the
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