TNAG-2443-FCO40-3550-Official-Secrets-Act-1989-(Hong-Kong)-Order-1992-1992 — Page 152

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FROM:

Mr BersAUT

22/5

Legal Alviser

DATE:

21 May 1992

CC:

Mr Ricketts, HKD

PS/Mr Goodlad

Opara 4

Ono mention of

THE OFFICIAL SECRETS ACT 1989 (HONG KONG: 29 may deadline for

PROBLEM

getting papers to

Privy Council eR Try & get it to

Ian Ruff by midday

28/5

1.

An Order in Council is needed to el

Act 1989 to Hong Kong with certain except

modifications. It is not required to be :

RECOMMENDATION

2.

I recommend that Mr Goodlad should approve the attached draft

Order. If he agrees, he should write the word 'Approved' and sign

his name at the head of the draft Order.

3.

Hong Kong Department concur.

BACKGROUND

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X

4.

The Hong Kong Government have requested that this Act is

extended to Hong Kong because the Official Secrets Act 1911 still

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They have requested that applied to Hong Kong in its entirety. Section 2 of the Act is replaced by the Official Secrets Act 1989 with the provisions

protecting more limited classes of official information.

Kong Government wished to have the 1989 Act applied to Hong Kong and Section 2 of the 1911 Act repealed.

The Hong