Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

A 15/16-12

Legislative Council

Agenda

Wednesday 13 January 2016 at 11:00 am

I. Tabling of Papers

Subsidiary Legislation / Instrument	L.N. No.
Employees Retraining Ordinance (Amendment of Schedule 2) Notice 2016	1/2016

Other Paper

Report No. 10/15-16 of the House Committee on Consideration of Subsidiary Legislation and Other Instruments
(to be presented by Hon Andrew LEUNG, Chairman of the House Committee)

II. The Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region presents the Policy Address

(As the Council will be adjourned after the presentation of the Policy Address, the following items will not be dealt with at this meeting)

III. Bills

Second Reading (Debate to resume), Committee Stage and Third Reading

Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development
Under Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development

(i)	Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development to move Committee stage amendments
	(The amendments were issued on 18 November 2015 under LC Paper No. CB(3) 153/15-16)
(ii)	Hon CHAN Kam-lam to move Committee stage amendments
	(The amendments were issued on 7 December 2015 under LC Paper No. CB(3) 219/15-16)
(iii)	Hon WONG Yuk-man to move Committee stage amendments
	(The amendments were issued on 7 December 2015 under LC Paper No. CB(3) 220/15-16)

(Debate and voting arrangements for Committee stage of the Copyright (Amendment) Bill 2014 (issued on 8 December 2015 under LC Paper No. CB(3) 227/15-16(01)))

Bankruptcy (Amendment) Bill 2015

Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury

Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury to move
Committee stage amendments

(The amendments were issued on 9 December 2015
under LC Paper No. CB(3) 230/15-16)

(Debate and voting arrangements for Committee stage of the Bankruptcy (Amendment) Bill 2015 (issued on 15 December 2015 under LC Paper No. CB(3) 252/15-16(01)))

IV. Motion

Proposed resolution under the Road Traffic Ordinance

Secretary for Transport and Housing to move the following motion:

Resolved that the period extended to 20 June 2016 by Legal Notice No. 54 of 2011, and for which there remains in force the limit on the number of vehicles which may be registered as public light buses specified in the Public Light Buses (Limitation on Number) Notice (Cap. 374 sub. leg. K), be further extended to 20 June 2021.

V. Members' Motions on Subsidiary Legislation and Other Instruments

Proposed resolution under section 34(4) of the Interpretation and General Clauses Ordinance

Hon SIN Chung-kai to move the following motion:

Resolved that in relation to the Smoking (Public Health) Ordinance (Amendment of Schedule 2) Order 2015, published in the Gazette as Legal Notice No. 237 of 2015, and laid on the table of the Legislative Council on 16 December 2015, the period for amending subsidiary legislation referred to in section 34(2) of the Interpretation and General Clauses Ordinance (Cap. 1) be extended under section 34(4) of that Ordinance to the meeting of 3 February 2016.

Motion under Rule 49E(2) of the Rules of Procedure

Hon Andrew LEUNG to move the following motion:

That this Council takes note of Report No. 8/15-16 of the House Committee laid on the Table of the Council on 16 December 2015 in relation to the subsidiary legislation and instrument(s) as listed below:

Item Number	Title of Subsidiary Legislation or Instrument
(1)	Census and Statistics (2016 Population Census) Order (L.N. 208/2015)
(2)	Fifth Technical Memorandum for Allocation of Emission Allowances in Respect of Specified Licences (S.S. No. 5 to Gazette No. 43/2015).

Public Officers to attend

Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury (Item Number (1))
Secretary for the Environment (Item Number (2))

Motion under Rule 49E(2) of the Rules of Procedure

Hon Andrew LEUNG to move the following motion:

That this Council takes note of Report No. 9/15-16 of the House Committee laid on the Table of the Council on 6 January 2016 in relation to the subsidiary legislation and instrument(s) as listed below:

Item Number	Title of Subsidiary Legislation or Instrument
(1)	Legislative Council Ordinance (Amendment of Schedule 5) Order 2015 (L.N. 225/2015)
(2)	Maximum Amount of Election Expenses (Legislative Council Election) (Amendment) Regulation 2015 (L.N. 226/2015).

Public Officer to attend : Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs

VI. Member's Bill

First Reading Bank of Communications (Hong Kong) Limited (Merger) Bill Second Reading (Debate to be adjourned)
Bank of Communications (Hong Kong) Limited (Merger) Bill	:	Hon NG Leung-sing

Public Officer to attend : Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury

Clerk to the Legislative Council