Bills Committee on
Public Officers Pay Adjustments (2004/2005) Bill

Third meeting
on Friday, 10 October 2003, at 8:30 am
in Conference Room A of the Legislative Council Building

AGENDA

I.Confirmation of minutes of meeting
(8:30 am - 8:32 am)

LC Paper No.

Minutes of second meeting held on 17 September 2003

CB(1)2528/02-03(issued vide LC Paper No. CB(1)2529/02-03 on 30 September 2003)

II.Meeting with the Administration
(8:32 am - 10:25 am)

Part A: Matters arising from the first meeting on 2 July 2003

LC Paper No.

"Follow-up to the first meeting on 2 July 2003" prepared by the Legislative Council Secretariat

CB(1)2427/02-03(08)(issued on 9 September 2003)

Paper provided by the Administration on "Impact of the pay reduction decision on civil servants on delinked starting salary"

CB(1)2427/02-03(09)(issued on 10 September 2003)

Paper provided by the Administration on "Application to different categories of public officers (other than civil servants or ICAC officers)"

CB(1)2427/02-03(10)(issued on 10 September 2003)

Part B: Matters arising from the second meeting on 17 September 2003

LC Paper No.

"Follow-up to the second meeting on 17 September 2003" prepared by the Legislative Council Secretariat

CB(1)2552/02-03(01)(issued on 7 October 2003)

Letter dated 6 October 2003 from the Administration with the following papers:

CB(1)2552/02-03(02)(issued on 7 October 2003)(Revised English version issued vide LC Paper No. CB(1)17/03-04 on 8 October 2003)

- Annex A:Proposed Committee Stage Amendments to Clause 14 and Clause 15

(issued on 7 October 2003)

- Annex B:Judicial Reviews on the Public Officers Pay Adjustment Ordinance (Cap. 574)

(English version issued on 7 October 2003)(Chinese version issued vide LC Paper No. CB(1)17/03-04 on 8 October 2003)

Paper prepared by the Assistant Legal Adviser in response to the Administration's paper on "Judicial Reviews on the Public Officers Pay Adjustment Ordinance (Cap. 574)"

CB(1)2552/02-03(03)(English version issued vide LC Paper No. CB(1)17/03-04 on 8 October 2003)(Chinese version issued vide LC Paper No. CB(1)23/03-04 on 9 October 2003)

Judgement handed down by the Court of First Instance on 10 June 2003 on two applications for judicial review against the Public Officers Pay Adjustment Ordinance (Cap. 574)

Appendix to CB(1)2116/02-03(01)(English version only)(issued on 30 June 2003)

Response of the Administration to the written submission from Hong Kong Bar Association

CB(1)2455/02-03(01)(issued on 16 September 2003)

Further submission dated 6 October 2003 from the Hong Kong Bar Association on LC Paper No. CB(1)2455/02-03(01)

CB(1)17/03-04(01)(English version issued vide LC Paper No. CB(1)17/03-04 on 8 October 2003)(Chinese translation to follow)

Part C: Clause-by-clause examination of the Bill

LC Paper No.

The Bill

CB(3)648/02-03(issued on 16 May 2003)

A comparison table on the provisions of the Bill and the provisions of the Public Officers Pay Adjustment Ordinance (Cap. 574) provided by the Administration

CB(1)2116/02-03(03)(issued on 30 June 2003)

Letter dated 19 September 2003 from the Assistant Legal Adviser to the Administration

CB(1)2552/02-03(04)(issued on 7 October 2003)

Reply dated 2 October 2003 from the Administration to the Assistant Legal Adviser

CB(1)2552/02-03(05)(English version issued on 7 October 2003)(Revised English version and Chinese version issued vide LC Paper No. CB(1)17/03-04 on 8 October 2003)

III.Any other business
(10:25 am - 10:30 am)

Council Business Division 1
Legislative Council Secretariat
8 October 2003