Subcommittee on
Public Health (Animals and Birds) (Amendment) Regulation 2001,
Public Health (Animals and Birds) (Animal Traders) (Amendment)
Regulation 2001 and Food Business (Amendment) Regulation 2001

Meeting on Wednesday, 21 November 2001 at 10:45 am
in Conference Room A of the Legislative Council Building

Revised agenda

I.Confirmation of minutes of meeting on 7 November 2001
(10:45 am - 10:50 am)

[LC Paper No. CB(2) 412/01-02 - minutes of the meeting held on 7 November 2001 (issued on 19 November 2001)]

II.The Administration's response to concerns raised at the meeting on 13 November 2001
(10:50 am - 11:30 am)

[LC Paper No. CB(2) 444/01-02(01)- Discussion paper provided by the Administration (attached)]

III.Examination of the Regulations
(11:30 am - 12:40 pm)

[LC Paper No. CB(2) 444/01-02(02) - Letter dated 15 November 2001 from the Assistant Legal Adviser to the Administration (attached)]

IV.Any other business
(12:40 pm onwards)

Papers previously issued

(a)Public Health (Animals and Birds) (Amendment) Regulation 2001 (L.N. 218 of 2001) published in the Gazette on 26 October 2001;

(b)Public Health (Animals and Birds) (Animals Traders) (Amendment) Regulation 2001 (L.N. 219 of 2001) published in the Gazette on 26 October 2001;

(c)Food Business (Amendment) Regulation 2001 (L.N. 220 of 2001) published in the Gazette on 26 October 2001;

(d)Legislative Council Brief issued by the Environment and Food Bureau, Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department and Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (Ref: EFB 5/6/1) in October 2001;

(e)Legal Service Division Report at LC Paper No. LS15/01-02 issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2)229/01-02 on 31 October 2001;

(f)Extract of draft minutes of meeting of the Panel on Food Safety and Environmental Hygiene held on 10 July 2001;

(g)Marked-up copy of the Regulations [LC Paper No. CB(2) 315/01-02(01)]; and

(h)Paper from the Administration on "Continuation of quail trade under segregation policy" [LC Paper No. CB(2) 355/01-02(01)].

Legislative Council Secretariat
20 November 2001