Bills Committee on Trust Law (Amendment) Bill 2013

Fourth meeting on
Monday, 22 April 2013, at 10:45 am
in Conference Room 2A of the Legislative Council Complex

Agenda

I.

Confirmation of minutes


(10:45 am - 10:50 am)

LC Paper No. CB(1)870/12-13
(issued vide LC Paper No. CB(1)881/12-13 on 18.4.2013)

-Minutes of meeting on 19 March 2013

II.

Meeting with the Administration


(10:50 am - 12:40 pm)

A. Matters arising from the meeting on 9 April 2013

LC Paper No. CB(1)869/12-13(01)
(attached)

-Follow-up actions to be taken by the Administration for the meeting on 9 April 2013

LC Paper No. CB(1)869/12-13(02)
(attached)

-Administration's response to issues raised by members at the meeting on 9 April 2013 in relation to the rule against perpetuities and the rule against excessive accumulations of income

LC Paper No. CB(1)869/12-13(03)
(attached)

-Administration's response to issues raised by members at the meeting on 9 April 2013 in relation to considerations and rationale of the proposals in the Bill

B. Discussion on submissions received from organizations/individuals

LC Paper No. CB(1)869/12-13(04)
(attached)

-Summary of views submitted by organizations/individuals on the Bill and the Administration's response (Position as at 17 April 2013)

LC Paper No. CB(1)798/12-13(01)
(English version only)(issued on 3.4.2013)

-Submission from Mr David GUNSON dated 12 March 2013

LC Paper No. CB(1)798/12-13(02)
(Covering letter English version only, submission Chinese version only)(issued on 3.4.2013)

-Submission from The Chinese General Chamber of Commerce dated 12 March 2013

LC Paper No. CB(1)798/12-13(03)
(English version only)(issued on 3.4.2013)

-Submission from Joint Committee on Trust Law Reform dated 26 March 2013

LC Paper No. CB(1)798/12-13(04)
(English version only)(issued on 3.4.2013)

-Submission from Zurich Insurance (Hong Kong) dated 25 March 2013

LC Paper No. CB(1)798/12-13(05)
(Chinese version only)(issued on 3.4.2013)

-Submission from Mr YEUNG Wai-sing, Eastern District Council member dated 27 March 2013

LC Paper No. CB(1)798/12-13(06)
(Chinese version only)(issued on 3.4.2013)

-Submission from The Chinese Manufacturers' Association of Hong Kong dated 28 March 2013

LC Paper No. CB(1)798/12-13(07)
(English version only)(issued on 3.4.2013)

-Submission from The Hong Kong Association of Banks dated 28 March 2013

LC Paper No. CB(1)798/12-13(08)
(English version only)(issued on 3.4.2013)

-Submission from Baker & McKenzie dated 28 March 2013

LC Paper No. CB(1)798/12-13(09)
(English version only)(issued on 3.4.2013)

-Submission from Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce dated 28 March 2013

LC Paper No. CB(1)798/12-13(10)
(English version only)(issued on 3.4.2013)

-Submission from The Law Society of Hong Kong dated 2 April 2013

C. Clause-by-clause examination of the Bill

LC Paper No. CB(3)357/12-13
(issued on 8.2.2013)

-The Bill

LC Paper No. CB(1)700/12-13(01)
(issued on 12.3.2013)

-Marked-up copy of the Bill prepared by the Legal Service Division (Restricted to members)

Other relevant papers

File Ref.: G4/55/5C
(issued by the Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau on 6.2.2013)

-Legislative Council Brief

LC Paper No. LS26/12-13
(issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2)678/12-13 on 21.2.2013)

-Legal Service Division Report

LC Paper No. CB(1)700/12-13(02)
(issued on 12.3.2013)

-Paper on Trust Law (Amendment) Bill 2013 prepared by the Legislative Council Secretariat (background brief)

(A list of other relevant papers previously issued is available on the Legislative Council website at: http://www.legco.gov.hk/yr12-13/english/bc/bc03/general/bc03.htm)

III.

Any other business


(12:40 pm - 12:45 pm)

Council Business Division 1
Legislative Council Secretariat
18 April 2013