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the substantive provisions of the Act were extended to Hong Kong

and those territories by the Dumping at Sea Act 1974 (Overseas

The provisions of the Act as SO

Territories)

Order 1975.

applied by the

the Order at present constitute part of the law of

Hong Kong but will lapse on 30 June 1997.

4.

Subsequently, the Convention was amended twice in 1978

and also in 1980 & 1989. The United Kingdom accepted all these

amendments and applied them to Hong Kong and other overseas

territories.

5.

Discussions have already taken place in the

International Rights and Obligations (IRO) Sub-group of the JLG

concerning the continued application after 1997 of the

Convention and its subsequent amendments.

was agreed at the

IRO Sub-group meeting held on 8 June 1992 that the Convention

and all subsequent amendments should continue to apply to the

HKSAR of the PRC with effect from 1 July 1997. Further

discussion will be required in the JLG Sub-group on the action

required to ensure the continued application after 1 July 1997

of the Convention to the HKSAR.

appropriate that those rights and obligations should be

implemented in Hong Kong by legislation which can continue in

force after 30 June 1997.

In the meantime, it is

Proposal

6.

The British side

proposes to introduce

Bill to

localise

those provisions of the Act as applied to Hong Kong

which make it an offence for any person to dump substances or

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