Bills Committee on Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2003

Meeting on
Thursday, 18 March 2004 at 4:30 pm
in Conference Room A of the Legislative Council Building

Agenda

  1. Meeting with the Administration
    2.
    (4:30 pm - 6:25 pm)

    LC Paper No. CB(2)1661/03-04(01)
    (English version issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2)1690/03-04 on 12.3.2004, Chinese version issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2)1729/03-04 on 16.3.2004)

    		-Administration's paper entitled "Arrangements for adoptions between the HKSAR and the Mainland"

    LC Paper No. CB(2)1729/03-04(01)
    (English version issued on 16.3.2004, Chinese version attached)

    		-Administration's paper entitled "Policy on Overseas Adoption and Measures for Facilitating Overseas Adoption"

    LC Paper No. CB(2)1747/03-04(01)
    (English version issued on 16.3.2004, Chinese version attached)

    		-Administration's paper entitled "Effects of Adoption Order"

    LC Paper No. CB(2)1747/03-04(02)
    (Revised English version attached, Chinese version attached)

    		-Administration's paper entitled "Adoption of a female child by a sole male applicant only as an exceptional measure justified by special circumstances (section 5(3) of the Adoption Ordinance"

    LC Paper No. CB(2)1378/03-04(01)
    (English version issued on 17.2.2004, Chinese version issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2)1474/03-04 on 24.2.2004)

    		-Submission from the Hong Kong Family Law Association

    LC Paper No. CB(2)1729/03-04(02)
    (English version issued on 16.3.2004, Chinese version attached)

    		-Administration's paper entitled "Response to the Submission from the Hong Kong Family Law Association"

    LC Paper No. CB(2)1474/03-04(03)
    (English version issued on 24.2.2004, Chinese version issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2)1482/03-04 on 25.2.2004)

    		-Submission from Ms Amelia ROBERTS

    LC Paper No. CB(2)1729/03-04(03)
    (English version issued on 16.3.2004, Chinese version attached)

    		-Administration's paper entitled "Response to the Submission from Ms Amelia ROBERTS"

    (A list of other relevant papers previously issued is in the Appendix)

  2. Any other business
    3.
    (6:25 pm - 6:30 pm)

Council Business Division 2
Legislative Council Secretariat
17 March 2004

Appendix

Other relevant papers previously issued


LC Paper No. CB(3)706/02-03
(issued on 6.6.2003)

--The Bill

File Ref : HWFCR/1/5691/00(02)Pt.22
(issued by the Health, Welfare and Food Bureau on 3.6.2003)

--Legislative Council Brief

LC Paper No. LS 135/02-03
(issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2)2571/02-03 on 19.6.2003)

--Legal Service Division Report

LC Paper No. CB(2)811/03-04(02)
(issued on 6.1.2004)

--Marked-up copy of the relevant Ordinances

LC Paper No. CB(2)811/03-04(03)
(issued on 6.1.2004)

--Background brief prepared by the Legislative Council Secretariat

Papers provided by the Administration

LC Paper No. CB(2)1474/03-04(01)
(English version issued on 24.2.2004, Chinese version issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2)1482/03-04 on 25.2.2004)

-Administration's paper entitled "Adoption : Current Arrangements"

LC Paper No. CB(2)1474/03-04(02)
(English version issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2)1482/03-04 on 25.2.2004, Chinese version issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2)1597/03-04 on 4.3.2004)

-Administration's paper entitled "Changes arising from the Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2003 - Impact on the Current Arrangements on Intercountry Adoption"

LC Paper No. CB(2)1520/03-04(01)
(English version only)
(issued on 27.2.2004)

-List of organisations/persons who had submitted views on the Report on Review of the Adoption Ordinance between December 1998 and February 1999 provided by the Administration

LC Paper No. CB(2)1566/03-04(01)
(English version issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2)1580/03-04 on 3.3.2004, Chinese version issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2)1588/03-04 on 4.3.2004)

-Administration's paper entitled "Adoption Orders made outside Hong Kong - Question of Recognition in Hong Kong"

LC Paper No. CB(2)1566/03-04(02)
(English version issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2)1585/03-04 on 3.3.2004, Chinese version issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2)1593/03-04 on 4.3.2004)

-Administration's paper entitled "Changes arising from the Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2003 - Impact on the Current Arrangements on Local Adoption"

LC Paper No. CB(2)1580/03-04(01)
(English version issued on 3.3.2004, Chinese version issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2)1588/03-04 on 4.3.2004)

-Administration's paper entitled "Escorting Arrangements for Intercountry Adoptions"

LC Paper No. CB(2)1637/03-04(01)
(issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2)1690/03-04 on 12.3.2004)

-Administration's paper entitled "Consultation conducted on the Proposals on Adoption"

LC Paper No. CB(2)1661/03-04(02)
(English version issued on 10.3.2004, Chinese version issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2)1667/03-04 on 11.3.2004)

-Administration's paper entitled "Breakdown on Categories of Relatives"

Submissions received

LC Paper No. CB(2)1333/03-04(01)
(English version issued on 13.2.2004, Chinese version issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2)1378/03-04 on 17.2.2004)

-Submission from the Law Society of Hong Kong

LC Paper No. CB(2)1411/03-04(01)
(English version issued on 19.2.2004, Chinese version issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2)1474/03-04 on 24.2.2004)

-Submission from Mother's Choice

LC Paper No. CB(2)1661/03-04(03)
(English version issued on 10.3.2004, Chinese version issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2)1730/03-04 on 16.3.2004)

-Submission from the International Social Service Hong Kong Branch

LC Paper No. CB(2)1669/03-04(01)
(English version issued on 11.3.2004, Chinese version issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2)1730/03-04 on 16.3.2004)

-Further submission from The Hong Kong Family Law Association responding to issues raised by the Bills Committee at the meeting on 26 February 2004

Administration's response to submission

LC Paper No. CB(2)1637/03-04(02)
(English version issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2)1666/03-04 on 10.3.2004, Chinese version issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2)1667/03-04 on 11.3.2004)

-Administration's paper entitled "Response to the Submission from Mother's Choice"

Others

LC Paper No. CB(2)1637/03-04(03)
(English version only)
(issued on 9.3.2004)

-Extracts from sections 11 and 72 of the United Kingdom Adoption Act 1976 relating to private arrangements for adoption provided by the Legal Service Division of the Legislative Council Secretariat


Council Business Division 2
Legislative Council Secretariat
17 March 2004