Subcommittee on Legal Aid (Amendment) Regulation 2012,
Legal Aid (Assessment of Resources and Contributions)
(Amendment) Regulation 2012 and
Legal Aid Ordinance – Resolution of the Legislative Council (Commencement) Notice

Meeting to be held on Wednesday, 7 November 2012
from 8:15 am to 10:15 am
in Conference Room 2A of the Legislative Council Complex

A G E N D A

I.

Meeting with the Administration and representatives of the Hong Kong Bar Association and The Law Society of Hong Kong


(8:15 am - 10:10 am)

File Ref: HAB HAB/CR 19/1/2
(issued in October 2012)

-Legislative Council ("LegCo") Brief

LC Paper No. LS3/12-13
(issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2)9/12-13 on 11 October 2012)

-Legal Service Division Report on Subsidiary Legislation Gazetted on 5 October 2012

LC Paper No. CB(4)64/12-13(01)
(issued on 25 October 2012)

-Marked-up copy of the Resolution under the Legal Aid Ordinance prepared by the Legal Service Division (The Resolution was passed by LegCo on 17 July 2012 and published in the Gazette as Legal Notice No. 112 of 2012.)

LC Paper No. CB(4)64/12-13(02)
(issued on 25 October 2012)

-Marked-up copy of the Legal Aid (Amendment) Regulation 2012 prepared by the Legal Service Division

LC Paper No. CB(4)64/12-13(03)
(issued on 25 October 2012)

-Marked-up copy of the Legal Aid (Assessment of Resources and Contributions) (Amendment) Regulation 2012 prepared by the Legal Service Division

LC Paper No. CB(4)64/12-13(04)
(issued vide LC Paper No. CB(4)76/12-13 on 30 October 2012)

-Background brief prepared by the LegCo Secretariat

LC Paper No. CB(4)97/12-13(01)
(issued on 2 November 2012)

-Submission from The Law Society of Hong Kong (English version only)

LC Paper No. CB(4)117/12-13(01)
(issued on 6 November 2012)

-Submission from the Hong Kong Bar Association (English version only)

LC Paper No. CB(4)122/12-13(01)
(attached)

-Submission from the Hong Kong Bar Association on the need to establish an independent legal aid authority (English version only)

II.

Any other business


(10:10 am - 10:15 am)

Council Business Division 4
Legislative Council Secretariat
7 November 2012