Bills Committee on
Merchant Shipping (Security of Ships and Port Facilities) Bill

First meeting on
Friday, 28 May 2004, at 3:30 pm*
in the Chamber of the Legislative Council Building

Agenda



I.Election of Chairman
(3:30 pm - 3:40 pm)

II.Meeting with the Administration
(3:40 pm - 5:25 pm)

LC Paper No. CB(3)471/03-04
(issued on 12.3.2004)

-The Bill

(issued by the Administration to Members on 24.3.2004)

-Preliminary draft of the Merchant Shipping (Security of Ships and Port Facilities) Regulation

MA 150/47
(issued on 10.3.2004)

-The Legislative Council Brief issued by the Economic Development and Labour Bureau on 10 March 2004

LC Paper No. LS52/03-04
(issued on 14.4.2004)

-The Legal Service Division Report on the Bill

LC Paper No. CB(1)1898/03-04
(issued on 27.5.2004)

-Background brief on Merchant Shipping (Security of Ships and Port Facilities) Bill prepared by the Secretariat

LC Paper No. CB(1)1945/03-04(01)
(issued on 27.5.2004)

-The new provisions of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974

LC Paper No. CB(1)1945/03-04(02)
(issued on 27.5.2004)

-The International Ship and Port Facility Security Code

LC Paper No. CB(1)1980/03-04(01)
(tabled at the meeting)

-Letter dated 20 May 2004 from the Assistant Legal Adviser (ALA) to the Administration

LC Paper No. CB(1)1980/03-04(02)
(tabled at the meeting)

-Reply dated 27 May 2004 from the Administration to ALA's letter of 20 May 2004

III.Any other business
(5:25 pm - 5:30 pm)



* The meeting will start at 3:30 pm, or after the House Committee meeting ends, whichever is later.

Council Business Division 1
Legislative Council Secretariat
28 May 2004