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Reference

FROM: A J Young

Assistant Legal Adviser

DATE: 23 October 1992

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CC:

Ms Wilmshurst

Legal Counsellor

Mr Bunton HKD

Mr Gardner

SCD

WH MZ 22

AVIATION AND MARITIME SECURITY ACT 1990: HONG KONG

1..

This minute

attaching responds to yours of 22 October

Dr

Hase's fiesty facsimile.

2.

made

is

Responsibilities The first point that should be that I have only ever been concerned with the aviation parts (one section in

Act Security essence) of the Aviation and Maritime 1990 ("AMSA").

3. Secondly, the matter of aviation and maritime security is no one for AMD, a longer, and has not been for

for many months now, client department of mine. This is the preserve of SCD, not one of my client departments. Not being one of my clients I cannot give any priority to SCD's work since I am servicing ESED, AMD, Consular and ISD(0).

Order

in Council Dr Hase seeks, forcefully, an entire the

or at the AMSA to Hong Kong immediately

are the end of the year. by

Two Privy Council meetings

for the end of the year: before

17 November,

have to be

November; and with the Council by 11 December, for which papers have to be submitted by 11 December.

4.

Demands

applying latest scheduled

papers

5.

Availability

which 17

of

It will not surprise you to learn, given 3 above, that paragraph

full schedule I already have a commitments to the end of the year:

W/C 2 November - African air services (London), Irish Pipeline negotiations (Dublin);

www

W/C 9 November Energy Charter (Brussels);

-

-

W/C 16 November Frigg treaty negotiations (Oslo);

W/C 23 November

-

drafting Air

Navigation

Territories) (Amendment) Order 1992;

W/C 30 November

W/C 7 December (Geneva);

W/C 14 December

air services negotiations (Tel Aviv);

(Overseas

ITU Extraordinary Meeting of Plenipotentiaries

ditto.