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

Second meeting on
Tuesday, 1 June 2004, at 2:30 pm
in Conference Room B of the Legislative Council Building

Agenda



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

Background information on the Bill

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 (with correspondences between the Administration and the Legal Service Division attached)

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 (SOLAS)

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

-The International Ship and Port Facility Security (ISPS) Code

LC Paper No. CB(1)1980/03-04(03)
(issued on 31.5.2004)

-Working draft of the Bill provided by the Administration (English version only)

LC Paper No. CB(1)1996/03-04(01)
(issued on 31.5.2004)

-A list of definitions of key terms under the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (English version only)

Papers provided by the Administration

LC Paper No. CB(1)2015/03-04(01)
(issued on 1.6.2004)

-A list of Recognized Security Organizations (English version only)

LC Paper No. CB(1)2015/03-04(02)
(issued on 1.6.2004)

-The Protocol of 1988 relating to SOLAS (English version only)

LC Paper No. CB(1)2015/03-04(03)
(issued on 1.6.2004)

-A list of port facilities required to comply with the ISPS Code in Hong Kong (English version only)

Correspondence between the Administration and the Legal Service Division

LC Paper No. CB(1)1980/03-04(01)
(issued on 31.5.2004)

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

LC Paper No. CB(1)1980/03-04(02)
(issued on 31.5.2004)

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

II.Any other business
(4:25 pm onward)

Council Business Division 1
Legislative Council Secretariat
1 June 2004