TNAG-2695-FCO40-3901-Hong-Kong-Judiciary-and-judicial-appointments-1993 — Page 61

CONFIDENTIAL

FROM: P F Ricketts

Hong Kong Department

DATE:

July 1993

cc: Miss Brooks, Legal

Counsellor

Mr Hum

PS/Mr Goodlad

Private Secretary

HONG KONG:

JUDICIAL OFFICERS (TENURE OF OFFICE) BILL:

AMENDMENT TO THE COLONIAL REGULATIONS

Problem

An amendment to the Colonial Regulations is required to take account of Hong Kong's Judicial Officers (Tenure of

Office) Bill.

1.

Recommendation

2.

(i)

I recommend that the Secretary of State should:

approve an amendment to Regulation 54 (6) and a

consequential amendment to Regulation 65 of Appendix II to Part 1 of the Colonial Regulations which applies only to public officers in Hong Kong.

(ii) agree that the Governor may repeal Regulation 3 of the

Disciplinary Procedures (Colonial Regulations)

Regulations (DP (CR) R).

A departmental Legal Adviser and the Hong Kong Government are

content.

Background

3.

At present magistrates and other judicial officers in Hong

sos.crs/JUDICIARY/bp

CONFIDENTIAL