Bills Committee on Professional Accountants (Amendment) Bill 2018

Fourth meeting
on Monday, 11 March 2019, at 5:00 pm
in Conference Room 2B of the Legislative Council Complex

Agenda
(as at 11 March 2019)

I.

Confirmation of minutes of meeting


(5:00 pm - 5:01 pm)

LC Paper No. CB(1)666/18-19
(issued vide LC Paper No. CB(1)667/18-19 by e-mail on 6 March 2019)

-Minutes of meeting held on 18 January 2019

II.

Meeting with the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Administration


(5:01 pm - 6:55 pm)

Follow-up to issues arising from previous meeting

LC Paper No. CB(1)665/18-19(01)
(issued on 7 March 2019)

-List of follow-up actions arising from the discussion at the meeting on 22 February 2019

LC Paper No. CB(1)665/18-19(02)
(attached)

-Hon Kenneth LEUNG's response to issues raised at the meeting on 22 February 2019

Draft amendments to the Bill

LC Paper No. CB(1)474/18-19(01)
(issued on 16 January 2019)

-Draft amendments proposed by Hon Kenneth LEUNG

LC Paper No. CB(1)480/18-19(01)
(English version only)
(issued on 17 January 2019)

-Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants' response to the draft amendments proposed by Hon Kenneth LEUNG

LC Paper No. CB(1)591/18-19(07)
(issued on 19 February 2019)

-Administration's response to the draft amendments proposed by Hon Kenneth LEUNG

Relevant papers

LC Paper No. CB(3)99/18-19
(issued on 2 November 2018)

-The Bill

LC Paper No. CB(1)341/18-19(01)
(issued on 14 December 2018)

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

(issued vide LC Paper No. CB(1)338/18-19 on 14 December 2018)

-Legislative Council Brief provided by Hon Kenneth LEUNG

LC Paper No. CB(1)401/17-18(03)
(English version only)
(issued on 29 December 2017)

-Hon Kenneth LEUNG's paper on "Background Brief on the Professional Accountants (Amendment) Bill 2018" for the meeting of the Panel on Financial Affairs on 5 January 2018

LC Paper No. LS12/18-19
(issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2)270/18-19 on 15 November 2018)

-Legal Service Division Report

LC Paper No. CB(1)341/18-19(02)
(issued on 14 December 2018)

-Paper on Professional Accountants (Amendment) Bill 2018 prepared by the Legislative Council Secretariat (background brief)

LC Paper No. CB(1)341/18-19(03)
(issued on 14 December 2018)

-Assistant Legal Adviser's letter dated 9 November 2018 to Hon Kenneth LEUNG

LC Paper No. CB(1)341/18-19(04)
(issued on 14 December 2018)

-Hon Kenneth LEUNG's reply to Assistant Legal Adviser's letter dated 9 November 2018

(A list of relevant papers previously issued is available on the LegCo website at
https://www.legco.gov.hk/yr18-19/english/bc/bc04/general/bc04.htm)

III.

Any other business


(6:55 pm - 7:00 pm)

Council Business Division 1
Legislative Council Secretariat
11 March 2019