TNAG-2342-FCO40-3406-Drug-trafficking-agreements-between-Hong-Kong-and-other-coun-1991 — Page 77

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OUR TELNO 3601 OF 4 DECEMBER 1990: DRUG TRAFFICKING (RECOVERY OF PROCEEDS) ORDINANCE: DESIGNATION OF OTHER COUNTRIES

1. FURTHER TO PARA 5 OF TUR, THE DRUG TRAFFICKING (RECOVERY OF PROCEEDS) (DESIGNATED COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES) ORDER 1991. WAS MADE BY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL ON 8 JANUARY AND APPROVED BY LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ON 16 JANUARY 1991. IT WAS PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE AND ENTERED INTO EFFECT ON 18 JANUARY 1991.

2. THE ORDER DESIGNATES AND APPLIES THE ORDINANCE AS MODIFIED TO AUSTRALIA, CANADA, ENGLAND AND WALES, GUERNSEY, ISLE OF MAN, JERSEY, NORTHERN IRELAND, SCOTLAND AND USA.

3. NOTES WERE EXCHANGED WITH THE US CONSULATE GENERAL IN HONG KONG ON 18 JANUARY 1991 TO BRING THE HK-US AGREEMENT INTO IMMEDIATE EFFECT.

4. NOTES WERE EXCHANGED WITH THE COMMISSION FOR CANADA ON 18 JANUARY TO BRING THE HK-CANADA DRUG TRAFFICKING AGREEMENT INTO EFFECT ON 17 FEBRUARY 1991.

5. WE AWAIT AUSTRALIAN CONFIRMATION OF THE HK-AUSTRALIA AGREEMENT INITIALLED ON 30 NOVEMBER 1990, AND EXPECT TO PROCEED TO SIGNATURE AND IMPLEMENTATION IN FEBRUARY OR MARCH.

6. FORMAL NOTIFICATION PURSUANT TO THE HK-UK EXCHANGE OF LETTERS OF 8 AND 23 NOVEMBER FOLLOWS BY BAG TO ERD.

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