TNAG-2462-FCO40-3583-Application-of-Colonial-Laws-Validity-Act-in-Hong-Kong-1992 — Page 29

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FM HONG KONG

TO PRIORITY FCO

TELNO 95

OF 101125Z JANUARY 92

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INFO PRIORITY PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG

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PERSONAL FOR RICKETTS, HKD.

FROM GOVERNOR.

PEKING: PERSONAL FOR AMBASSADOR

UKREP JLG HONG KONG: PERSONAL FOR PAUL

YOUR TELNO 26′ OF 8 JANUARY 1992: COLONIAL LAW: VALIDITY ACT.

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WE ARE AWARE OF THE PROVISION FOR ME TO RESERVE A BILL PASSED BY LEGCO IN ARTICLE X OF THE LETTERS PATENT. WE TREATED THIS POSSIBILITY AS SUBSUMED UNDER OPTION (D) OF MY TELNO 3931.

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RESERVATION NECESSARILY ENTAILS WITH HOLDING OF ASSENT IN THE FIRST INSTANCE. IT WOULD ALSO PUT HMG IN THE SITUATION OF STILL HAVING TO DECIDE WHETHER TO BILL SHOULD BE DISALLOWED I.E OPTION (E) OF THAT TELEGRAM. THERE WOULD THEREFORE BE TWO POINT AT WHICH A CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS WOULD BE LIKELY.

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