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

Fourth meeting
on Friday, 24 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 third meeting held on 10 October 2003

   CB(1)122/03-04
(issued vide LC Paper No. CB(1)123/03-04 on 22 October 2003)

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

Part A: Matters arising from the third meeting on 10 October 2003

Written response by the Administration

LC Paper No.

"Follow-up to the third meeting on 10 October 2003" prepared by the Legislative Council Secretariat

   CB(1)125/03-04(01)
(issued on 22 October 2003)

Letter dated 21 October 2003 from the Administration on "Follow-up to the meeting on 10 October 2003"

   CB(1)125/03-04(02)
(English version issued vide LC Paper No. CB(1)125/03-04 on 22 October 2003)(Chinese version issued vide LC Paper No. CB(1)135/03-04 on 23 October 2003)

Oral response by the Assistant Legal Adviser

Relevant papers:

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)

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

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)

Letter dated 21 October 2003 from the Assistant Legal Adviser to the Administration

   CB(1)125/03-04(03)
(issued on 22 October 2003)

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

Council Business Division 1
Legislative Council Secretariat
22 October 2003