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布政司署

CONFIDENTIAL

BY DIPLOMATIC BAG

香港下亞畢道

本署檔號 Our Ref: CR 3/3222/88(91) Pt.2

來函擋號 YOUR REF

GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT

LOWER ALBERT ROAD

HONG KONG

14 April 1992

Mr Peter Ricketts

Head of

Hong Kong Department

FCO

Mr flend

Miss Williams

Action taken 32114

to process wide legal Advises, 34. wt deadline of is Many for reph

Rear Mike ficers (Security of Tenure) Bill

Judicial

Proposed Amendments to the Letters Patent, Colonial Regulations and Disciplinary Proceedings

(Colonial Regulations) Regulations

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Where's this?

2.

The purpose of this letter is to seek

(a)

(b)

The

and other

your agreement to amend the Letters Patent (LP), Colonial Regulations (CR) and Disciplinary Proceedings (Colonial Regulations) Regulations

(DP (CR) R) to

enable the Judicial Officers (Security of Tenure) Bill at Annex

to be passed by the Legislative Council; and

your advice whether there is any objection to the Bill being put to the Executive Council and the Legislative Council.

purpose of the Bill is to provide magistrates judicial officers other than judges with security tenure similar to that enjoyed by judges. The background the Bill and the details of the proposed amendments to the LP, CRS, and DP (CR) Rs are set out below.

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