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Letter
5.
This subject was again raised in April 1987
in the context of the then draft Pensions
Bill.
Benefits
As a result, there is no reference to the
Secretary of State in the Pensions Benefits Ordinance
and reference to the Secretary of State in the Pensions
Ordinance has also been removed.
of
However, the
Secretary
retained in practice for cases where the approving
authority in the legislation has been changed from him
to the Governor.
State has asked that his authority be
path// and 2/77.
6.
Constitutional
In March this year, the Secretary for
Affairs was asked to explain why the
State's approval was required for the
Secretary
appointment
of
of
above.
The
that
in fact the approval of the Secretary of State was
High Court Judges or equivalent and
Registrar, Supreme Court pointed out
sought for all
appointments of
District Judges
or
equivalent and above and this might be a parallel with
other officers in the civil service on D3 or above but
no
mention
was
made of
seek
such
to the requirement
approval in the Letters Patent. The Deputy Solicitor
General
that it
was provided
in
the
=
also clarified
Supreme Court Ordinance that
"every Chief Justice and
le
by law
every
puisne judge
shall,
Letters Patent under the Public Seal
in accordance with such instructions
through a Secretary of State."
be
appointed by
by by the Governor,
as
he may receive
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