A 17/18-1

Legislative Council

Agenda

Wednesday 11 October 2017 at 11:00 am

I. Tabling of Papers



Subsidiary Legislation / InstrumentsL.N. No.
1.Apology Ordinance (Commencement) Notice148/2017
2.Import and Export (Electronic Cargo Information) (Amendment) Regulation 2017152/2017
3.Immigration (Places of Detention) (Amendment) Order 2017153/2017
4.Inland Revenue (Double Taxation Relief and Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with respect to Taxes on Income) (New Zealand) (Amendment) Order 2017154/2017
5.Merchant Shipping (Limitation of Shipowners Liability) Ordinance (Amendment of Schedule 2) Order 2017155/2017
6.Fixed Penalty (Criminal Proceedings) (Amendment) Regulation 2017156/2017
7.Road Traffic (Driving Licences) (Amendment) Regulation 2017157/2017
8.Road Traffic (Registration and Licensing of Vehicles) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulation 2017158/2017
9.Road Traffic Ordinance (Amendment of Schedule 9) Order 2017159/2017
10.Road Traffic (Registration and Licensing of Vehicles) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulation 2017160/2017
11.Immigration Service (Designated Places) (Amendment) Order 2017161/2017
12.Closed Area (Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Hong Kong Port and Hong Kong Link Road) Order162/2017
13.Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Hong Kong Port and Hong Kong Link Road Closed Area (Permission to Enter) Notice163/2017
14.Trainee Solicitors (Amendment) Rules 2017 (Commencement) Notice164/2017

Other Paper

Report No. 1/17-18 of the House Committee on Consideration of Subsidiary Legislation and Other Instruments
(to be presented by Hon Starry LEE, Chairman of the House Committee)

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



(As the Council will be adjourned after the Chief Executive has delivered the Policy Address, the following items will not be dealt with at this meeting)

III. Government Bill



Stand over item (since the meeting of 12 July 2017)

Committee Stage and Third Reading

Stamp Duty (Amendment) Bill 2017:Secretary for Transport and Housing

(i)Secretary for Transport and Housing to move Committee stage amendments

(The amendments were issued on 27 June 2017
under LC Paper No. CB(3) 757/16-17)

(Debate and voting arrangements for Committee stage of the Stamp Duty (Amendment) Bill 2017 (issued on 11 July 2017 under LC Paper No. CB(3) 834/16-17(01)) (same as the Appendix to the Script of Council meeting of 12 July 2017)

(ii)Hon James TO and Hon Holden CHOW to move Committee stage amendments

(The amendments were issued on 10 July 2017
under LC Paper No. CB(3) 825/16-17)

IV. Government Motions



Stand over items (since the meeting of 12 July 2017)

1.Proposed resolution under the Energy Efficiency (Labelling of Products) Ordinance

Secretary for the Environment to move the following motion:

Resolved that the Energy Efficiency (Labelling of Products) Ordinance (Amendment of Schedule 1) Order 2017, made by the Secretary for the Environment on 2 May 2017, be approved.

(The Order is in Appendix I and was issued
on 27 June 2017 under LC Paper No. CB(3) 758/16-17)

2.Proposed resolution under the Criminal Procedure Ordinance

Secretary for Home Affairs to move the following motion:

Resolved that the Legal Aid in Criminal Cases (Amendment) Rules 2017, made by the Criminal Procedure Rules Committee on 2 May 2017, be approved.

(The Rules are in Appendix II and were issued
on 20 June 2017 under LC Paper No. CB(3) 713/16-17)

V. Member's Motion



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

Hon MA Fung-kwok to move the following motion:

Resolved that in relation to the -

(a)Electoral Affairs Commission (Electoral Procedure) (Legislative Council) (Amendment) Regulation 2017, published in the Gazette as Legal Notice No. 129 of 2017;

(b)Electoral Affairs Commission (Electoral Procedure) (District Councils) (Amendment) Regulation 2017, published in the Gazette as Legal Notice No. 130 of 2017;

(c)Electoral Affairs Commission (Electoral Procedure) (Election Committee) (Amendment) Regulation 2017, published in the Gazette as Legal Notice No. 131 of 2017;

(d)Electoral Procedure (Chief Executive Election) (Amendment) Regulation 2017, published in the Gazette as Legal Notice No. 132 of 2017; and

(e)Electoral Procedure (Rural Representative Election) (Amendment) Regulation 2017, published in the Gazette as Legal Notice No. 133 of 2017,

and laid on the table of the Legislative Council on 28 June 2017, the period for amending subsidiary legislation referred to in section 34(2) of the Interpretation and General Clauses Ordinance (Cap. 1) and deemed to be extended under section 34(3) of that Ordinance, be extended under section 34(4) of that Ordinance to the meeting of 8 November 2017.

Clerk to the Legislative Council