ma declare any law to be in contravention of the Basic Law, and in this case it is not required to consult the Basic Law Committee.
This was designed to "clarify the legal procedure" by permitting the Standing Committee to declare invalid "laws with a colonial flavour, such as the Letters Patent and the Royal Instructions"
relating to the
government of Hong Kong [67]] It would be in accordance
Crown to revoke those effect from the moment
with past practise for the constitutional instruments with preceding the change in sovereignty, but Article 160 would be apt to deal with the question of United Kingdom laws applied by reference in an Ordinance as well as to any other law which appeared to the Standing Committee to have "a colonial flavour".
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